Special Diet Helps Crohn's Patients Prepare for Surgery
Crohn's disease is a condition where the digestive system becomes inflamed, and sometimes patients need surgery to fix it. Before surgery, doctors want …
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Mediterranean Diet May Help Control Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Researchers studied 193 people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to understand how their eating habits affect their condition. They found that people with …
Read MoreWhy Kids With Gut Disease Skip Meals and Avoid Foods
Researchers in Australia studied 64 children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—a condition that causes stomach and intestinal problems—to understand how …
Read MoreWhy Inflammatory Bowel Disease Affects Native Spanish People More Severely
Researchers in southern Spain studied over 2,700 people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to understand how the condition affects native Spanish residents …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Affect Gut Disease Flare-Ups
Researchers followed nearly 2,600 people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for over 4 years to understand what triggers flare-ups—those painful periods …
Read MoreNew Hope for IBD Fatigue: Which Medicines Actually Work?
People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often feel extremely tired, which affects their work and daily life. Researchers reviewed 10 studies involving …
Read MoreSpecial Eating Pattern May Help Calm Crohn's Disease Symptoms
Researchers tested whether a special eating pattern called a fasting-mimicking diet could help people with Crohn's disease—a condition that causes inflammation …
Read MoreSpecial Eating Pattern May Help Ease Crohn's Disease Symptoms
Researchers tested a special eating pattern called an intermittent ketogenic diet on mice with Crohn's disease, a condition that causes painful inflammation in …
Read MoreCould a Shellfish Ingredient Help Fight Crohn's Disease?
Crohn's disease is a serious condition where the intestines become inflamed and painful. Scientists have discovered that a harmful bacteria called AIEC often …
Read MoreSpecial Diet Boosts Crohn's Disease Treatment Results
Researchers studied 34 people with Crohn's disease who weren't responding well to a newer medication called ustekinumab. They split the group into two: one …
Read MoreVitamin D Helps Kids With Gut Disease Respond Better to Treatment
Researchers studied 84 children with inflammatory bowel disease (a condition that causes stomach and intestinal problems) who were taking a special medicine to …
Read MoreYour Genes and Gut Health: Why Some People Get Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Scientists have discovered that inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis happen when your genes, immune system, and gut bacteria …
Read MoreHow Crohn's Surgery May Affect a Woman's Ability to Get Pregnant
A new case study describes a 33-year-old woman with Crohn's disease who had major bowel surgery at age 28 and then struggled to become pregnant through …
Read MoreMediterranean Diet May Help Keep Crohn's Disease Under Control
Researchers studied 96 people with Crohn's disease who were feeling better and had low inflammation markers. They found that people who followed a …
Read MoreReplacing Gut Bacteria Helped One Patient After Stem Cell Treatment
A 62-year-old woman developed serious intestinal problems similar to Crohn's disease after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat cancer. Standard …
Read MoreHow a Forgotten Disease Called Scurvy Still Happens Today
Doctors discovered that a 55-year-old man with severe bruising and leg pain actually had scurvy—a disease most people think only happened hundreds of years ago …
Read MoreNew Way to Take Vitamin D Works Better for Gut Disease Patients
People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often struggle to absorb vitamin D from regular supplements because their digestive systems don't work normally. …
Read MoreSpecial Diet May Help Kids With Crohn's Disease Feel Better
Researchers studied whether a special exclusion diet (a diet that removes certain foods) could help children with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease when used …
Read MoreBest Diets for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: What Science Shows
Researchers compared 15 different eating plans to see which one works best for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a condition that causes stomach …
Read MoreCan a Low-FODMAP Diet Help People With Inflammatory Bowel Disease?
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, causes painful digestive problems that come and go. Doctors are …
Read MoreSpecial Diet Plus Nutrition Drink Helps Fix Gut Bacteria in Kids With Crohn's
Researchers studied 60 children with Crohn's disease, a condition that causes stomach inflammation and pain. They tested whether a special diet called CDED …
Read MoreMuscle Loss in Kids with Crohn's Disease Affects Treatment Success
Researchers studied 68 children with Crohn's disease in China to understand how muscle loss affects their treatment. They found that children with Crohn's …
Read MoreHow Gut Bacteria Affect Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that help keep you healthy. When these bacteria get out of balance—a condition called dysbiosis—it can lead to …
Read MoreWhy Kids With Gut Disease Try Alternative Treatments
Researchers in Switzerland studied 111 children and teens with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to understand why many try complementary and alternative …
Read MoreSurgery Works Best for Crohn's Belly Infections
Researchers looked at 23 different studies to figure out the best way to treat a serious complication of Crohn's disease called an intra-abdominal …
Read MoreHow Vitamin A Deficiency Damages Eyes and What Imaging Shows
Researchers studied five patients with vitamin A deficiency, a condition that can damage vision, especially in people with digestive problems like Crohn's …
Read MoreQuick Food Quiz Helps Doctors Find Which Foods Trigger Gut Inflammation
Researchers created a short food questionnaire to help people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) understand which foods might make their condition worse. …
Read MoreNew Tiny Particles Could Help Heal Inflamed Bowels
Scientists created a new treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by engineering helpful bacteria with special tiny particles called nanoparticles. These …
Read MoreNew Way to Predict Which IBD Treatments Will Work Best
Researchers studied 227 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to figure out which patients would respond well to two specific medications: vedolizumab …
Read MoreThe Hidden Costs of Caring for Kids with Bowel Disease
When a child is diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—a serious condition affecting the digestive system—families face much more than just medical …
Read MoreWhy Cells Age Faster in Crohn's Disease and What It Means
Scientists discovered that in people with Crohn's disease, cells in the intestines show signs of aging faster than normal. Researchers studied genes related to …
Read MoreSpecial Diet Helps Man with Crohn's Disease Heal Fistulas
A 31-year-old man with a severe form of Crohn's disease that caused painful fistulas (abnormal tunnels in the body) tried a special diet called the Crohn's …
Read MoreSpecial Liquid Diet Helps Crohn's Patients When Medications Stop Working
Researchers studied whether a special all-liquid diet could help adults with Crohn's disease whose bodies had stopped responding to strong biologic …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Help Control Belly Pain from IBD
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) causes painful stomach problems that make life difficult for many people. Scientists are discovering that what you eat plays a …
Read MoreGut Bacteria Changes Found in People Just Diagnosed with IBD
Scientists studied gut bacteria in nearly 1,800 people who were just diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) but hadn't started treatment yet. They …
Read MoreHealthy Whole Foods May Help Control Crohn's Disease Symptoms
A new study tested whether eating a natural whole food diet could help people with Crohn's disease feel better. Twenty-eight adults with mild-to-moderate …
Read MoreHow Diet Can Help Manage Inflammatory Bowel Disease Symptoms
A new review of research shows that what you eat may play an important role in managing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and …
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