Archive for the 'Inflammatory Bowel Disease' Category
CAM use in the Manitoba IBD Cohort Study
Monday, February 27th, 2012Treating Crohn’s disease with cannabis
Monday, October 24th, 2011Lowering hospitalizations for diverticular disease
Thursday, July 21st, 2011Review: Moxibustion for ulcerative colitis
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011Review: Chiropractic for gastrointestinal problems
Thursday, February 10th, 2011Oleic acid associated with lower risk of ulcerative colitis
Saturday, May 15th, 2010Nutraceutical therapy to treat juvenile Crohn’s disease
Saturday, May 8th, 2010Most of patients with moderate-to-severe disease are in a constant catabolic state resulting in poor weight gain and growth failure.
Researchers at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, in New York City studied whether an exclusion diet combined with nutraceutical therapy could induce sustained remission of disease with weight gain, and enhance the ability for growth hormone to reverse growth failure. (more…)
Omega-3 tested to prevent relapse in Crohn’s disease
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Maintenance therapy for Crohn’s disease includes immunosuppressive drugs, with an associated risk of infection.
Might omega-3 fatty acids be an alternative? (more…)
Update: Probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease
Saturday, March 7th, 2009Omega-3 not effective for Crohn’s disease, again
Friday, January 23rd, 2009Evaluating the role for omega 3 to treat Crohn’s disease
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Rice as an allergen in children
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008Update on probiotics to treat inflammatory bowel disease
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008The winner in CAM for 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007 Omega-3 fatty acids, of course
There’s so much good stuff it’s hard to know where to start. (more…)
High-dose probiotic + prebiotic to treat Crohn’s disease
Thursday, August 16th, 2007A new tool to test the biological effects of biofeedback, meditation, and yoga
Sunday, August 5th, 2007 OK. Stay with me on this.
Kevin Tracey, MD is director and CEO of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York. A well-respected researcher, Dr. Tracey discovered that the brain controls the immune system via the vagus nerve. Now he’s investigating the role of a molecule called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) as part of the immune system’s weapons against foreign invaders. TNF can cause pain and redness to an injury or infection. In excessive amounts, it can also cause shock and death.
What’s this got to do with CAM?
Using probiotics to lessen diarrhea after radiation therapy
Sunday, May 27th, 2007 Radiation therapy can disturb bacterial colonies in the intestines and cause radiation-induced enteritis and colitis, leading to diarrhea in cancer patients.
In this study, researchers at the San Camillo Hospital in Rome, Italy used probiotics to reduce this complication. (more…)
Probiotics effective in infants with enterocolitis
Sunday, May 13th, 2007 Necrotizing enterocolitis is a serious intestinal disorder. It affects 7% to 15% of very low-birth-weight (less than 1500-gram; 3.3 pound) infants. Death occurs in about 12 per 100,000 affected babies.
A review published in The Lancet concludes, “Probiotics might reduce the risk.” Although important questions remain. (more…)
Synbiotic 2000 fails to prevent a recurrence of Crohn’s disease following surgery
Monday, April 9th, 2007 Complications of Crohn’s disease (CD) lead to surgery in 70% to 90% of patients, and most of them experience a relapse.
Synbiotic 2000 consists of a mixture of probiotics and prebiotics. The rationale for its use in this study was to alter the bacteria in the colon and hopefully lower the CD relapse rate after surgery. (more…)