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9 hrs ago | KLAS-TV Las Vegas

Team Challenge

Most people go day-to-day not knowing when their disease will strike again. Crohn's & Colitis Team Challenge is your chance to help.

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Related Topix: Crohn's Disease, Health, Medicine

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Tallahassee.com

Locals lend support

The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America North Florida Chapter will host the first support group in Tallahassee for patients living with either one of the chronic digestive diseases.

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Related Topix: Crohn's Disease, Health, Medicine, Rap, Florida, Tallahassee Metro, Tallahassee, FL

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Peoria Today

Banner Boswell hosts digestive disorder lecture Nov. 11

The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America invites patients, families and caregivers living with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis to the educational program Understanding Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: What Every Patient Needs to Know.

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Related Topix: Crohn's Disease, Medicine, Rap, Health, Sun City, AZ

Wed Nov 04, 2009

BYU NewsNet

Gamma Sigma Sigma supports Crohn's and Colitis Foundation

Pictured are, from left, Anne-Elyse Wachur, national Gamma Sigma Sigma representative; Lisa Taylor, of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America; and Kate Ragghianti, president of Gamma Sigma Sigma at UD.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Crohn's Disease, Newark, DE, University of Delaware, 9

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Ottawa Sun

Finding Crohn's cure a family affair

Jake Bryson, 10, and brother Jesse, 6, are hoping to help find a cure for Crohn's Disease, which mom Sherry Pang has lived with for 30 years, by participating in a ground-breaking study to trace the triggers of Crohn's and colitis.

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Related Topix: Crohn's Disease, Health, Medicine

HealthCentral

Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer

Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer has not shared any drug information. I'm very happy to join HealthCentral.com as an IBD expert.

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Related Topix: Nursing, Medicine, Health, Crohn's Disease

Thu Oct 29, 2009

WebMD Health News

Probiotics May Help Treat IBD Symptoms

Oct. 29, 2009 -- A natural probiotic therapy may offer a new treatment option to ease symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease and promote the body's own healing process.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Crohn's Disease

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Drugs.com

Study demonstrates effectiveness of once-daily dose of Asacol for ulcerative colitis

" Results from the largest prospective controlled ulcerative colitis trial conducted to date, called the QD dosing investigation for efficacy IN UC maintenance , found that once-daily dosing of AsacolA delayed-release 400 mg tablets at 1.6-2.4 g/day was comparable to twice-daily dosing for the maintenance of remission in patients with UC.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Mesalamine (generic), Asacol, Pentasa, Medication, Health, Gastroenterology, San Diego Metro, Crohn's Disease

EurekAlert!

New findings connect diet and intestinal bacteria with healthier immune systems

Insoluble dietary fibre, or roughage, not only keeps you regular, say Australian scientists, it also plays a vital role in the immune system, keeping certain diseases at bay.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Asthma

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Drugs.com

Shire Presents Results of Five Lialda (mesalamine) Analyses at ACG 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting

Shire plc , the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, presented the results of three 5-aminosalicylic acid persistency analyses at ACG 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting, evaluating persistency of Lialda , Asacol , Pentasa , balsalazide [combined results from generic balsalazide disodium and Colazal ], and Dipentum .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Mesalamine (generic), Asacol, Pentasa, Medication, Biotech, Shire plc, Colazal, Balsalazide (generic), Dipentum, Olsalazine (generic), Health

AndhraNews

Rare mutation that dramatically increases schizophrenia risk identified

Rare mutation that dramatically increases schizophrenia risk identified An international team of scientists has identified a mutation on human chromosome 16 that dramatically raises risk for schizophrenia.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Sun Oct 25, 2009

R & D

Probiotic found to be effective treatment for colitis in mice

The probiotic, Bacillus polyfermenticus , can help mice recover from colitis, a new study has found.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Crohn's Disease

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Journal News

Chappaqua couple to hold Halloween fundraiser for charity

CHAPPAQUA - At age 25, when Amy Murray first experienced the symptoms of Crohn's disease - including stomach cramps and multiple trips to the bathroom - she mistook the problem for food poisoning.

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Related Topix: Chappaqua, NY, Crohn's Disease, Health, Medicine

Fri Oct 23, 2009

WJZ-TV Baltimore

Teen Suffering From IBD Hosts Backs Fundraiser

Share + Oct 23, 2009 5:48 pm US/Eastern Help Find A Cure Reporting Andrea Fujii CLARKSVILLE, Md.

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Related Topix: Clarksville, MD, Medicine, Health, Crohn's Disease

West Allis

Raising Money for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are chronic inflammatory diseases of the digestive system.

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Related Topix: Crohn's Disease, Health, Medicine, West Allis, WI

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Burlington Free Press

Climbing for a cause in Burlington

The kids scaling the walls inside Petra Cliffs grabbed holds shaped and colored like wads of gum stuck to a desk.

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Related Topix: Burlington Metro, Burlington, VT, Medicine, Health, Williston, VT, Crohn's Disease

Mon Oct 19, 2009

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Drugs for Irritable Bowel Might Increase Cancer Risk

The use of thiopurine drugs to treat inflammatory bowel disease increases the risk of cancers related to viral infection, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Crohn's Disease, Health, Medicine, Lymphoma

Sun Oct 18, 2009

WCAX-TV Burlington

Raising Money to Fight Crohn's Disease

Dozens of people got to do some free cliff climbing Sunday. Petra Cliffs opened its indoor facility for free -- while asking for donations to help raise money for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation .

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Related Topix: Crohn's Disease, Health, Medicine

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Cleveland.com

The Haunted Yard in Parma a frightening fund-raiser for colitis, Crohn's disease

Gotta hand it to 'em, it looks real: Shawn Vanek pours the finishing touch on a gruesome dislpay for the Haunted Yard frightening fund-raiser. Joel Andexler is most proud of stalking the ones who thought they could escape.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Parma, OH, Crohn's Disease, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Metro

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Health News Digest

Colitis to Cancer: Researchers Find Triggers in Cells' Transition

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- University of Florida researchers have grown tumors in mice using cells from inflamed but noncancerous colon tissue taken from human patients, a finding that sheds new light on colon cancer and how it might be prevented.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Gainesville Metro, Gainesville, FL, University of Florida, Colorectal Health, Colon Cancer, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

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