Cannabis effective in patients with Crohn’s disease?
Researchers at Tel Aviv University, in Israel, focus on the positive in this small study.
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CAM use in the Manitoba IBD Cohort Study
Researchers in Winnipeg, Manitoba surveyed the prevalence of CAM use in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Treating Crohn’s disease with cannabis
Researchers at Tel Aviv University, in Ramat Aviv, Israel, describe the effects of cannabis use in patients suffering from Crohn’s...
Lowering hospitalizations for diverticular disease
Diverticular disease occurs when pouches (diverticula) in the intestine become inflamed. Researchers at University of Oxford, in the UK, examined...
Review: Moxibustion for ulcerative colitis
Prof. Ernst and colleagues report, “Several studies have reported that moxibustion is effective in ulcerative colitis.” But, is that enough?
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Review: Chiropractic for gastrointestinal problems
Are chiropractic treatments effective for gastrointestinal disorders? Prof. Ernst has reviewed the evidence.
Oleic acid associated with lower risk of ulcerative colitis
Getting more oleic acids from olive or peanut oils for instance, might lower the risk of this inflammatory disease of...
Nutraceutical therapy to treat juvenile Crohn’s disease
Most of patients with moderate-to-severe disease are in a constant catabolic state resulting in poor weight gain and growth failure....
Omega-3 tested to prevent relapse in Crohn’s disease
Maintenance therapy for Crohn’s disease includes immunosuppressive drugs, with an associated risk of infection. Might omega-3 fatty acids be an...
Update: Probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers from the University of Otago Medical School in Dunedin, New Zealand summarize the state-of-the-art.
Omega-3 not effective for Crohn’s disease, again
 That’s the conclusion from this Cochrane review.
Evaluating the role for omega 3 to treat Crohn’s disease
Here’s what the Cochrane Review reports.
Rice as an allergen in children
Researchers at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia report the emerging importance of rice — a food commonly thought to...
Update on probiotics to treat inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia have reviewed treatment options. Intestinal bacteria play an important...
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The winner in CAM for 2007
Omega-3 fatty acids, of course There’s so much good stuff it’s hard to know where to start.
High-dose probiotic + prebiotic to treat Crohn’s disease
Earlier study results have been inconsistent. In this study, researchers from Nippon Medical School in Tokyo use higher doses to...
A new tool to test the biological effects of biofeedback, meditation, and yoga
OK. Stay with me on this. Kevin Tracey, MD is director and CEO of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research...
Using probiotics to lessen diarrhea after radiation therapy
Radiation therapy can disturb bacterial colonies in the intestines and cause radiation-induced enteritis and colitis, leading to diarrhea in cancer...
Probiotics effective in infants with enterocolitis
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a serious intestinal disorder. It affects 7% to 15% of very low-birth-weight (less than 1500-gram; 3.3 pound)...
Synbiotic 2000 fails to prevent a recurrence of Crohn’s disease following surgery
Complications of Crohn’s disease (CD) lead to surgery in 70% to 90% of patients, and most of them experience a...