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News: May 28, 2012
Could Compound in Artificial Sweeteners Worsen Crohn's Disease?
MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- The food additive maltodextrin, commonly used in some artificial sweeteners, may worsen Crohn's disease by encouraging the growth of E. coli bacteria in the small intestine, a new study suggests. However, researc...
Birth Control Pills, HRT Tied to Digestive Ills
MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- The use of oral contraceptives by younger women or hormone therapy by older women may be linked with inflammatory bowel disease, new research indicates. Birth control pills are associated with a higher risk for C...
Migraines More Likely for People With Celiac Disease, Study Says
THURSDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Migraine headaches are more likely to plague people with celiac disease than those without it, according to new research. The connection between the digestive tract and the brain has been studied in Europe, but ...
Diagnostic Scans Tied to Radiation Risk for Gastro Patients
FRIDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with digestive disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease may be exposed to significant levels of radiation from diagnostic imaging tests, a new study suggests. Irish researchers analyzed data from 2,...
Kids With Crohn's Disease, Colitis Often Struggle at School: Study
FRIDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Children with inflammatory bowel disease may have difficulty in school due to frequent absences that are largely the result of mental struggles such as depression rather than the disease itself, a new study find...
Tropical Trip OK for Most With Crohn's, Colitis
FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Among people with inflammatory bowel disease -- a chronic intestinal disorder that commonly takes the form of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis -- those who travel to developing nations or tropical locales d...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Less Common in Sunny States
THURSDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- People who live in sunnier regions of the United States are less likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease, a new study says. The findings support previous European research and could lead to new types of t...
Endometriosis Tied to Higher Risk of Crohn's, Colitis
MONDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Women with endometriosis may be up to 80 percent more likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis compared to women without the uterine disorder, according to a new...
Chronic Bowel Disease Drugs Linked to Skin Cancer Risk
TUESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Some patients with inflammatory bowel disease may be at increased risk for skin cancer due to their use of immunosuppressant drugs to treat the intestinal disorder, according to the results of two new studies. ...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Tied to Higher Risk of Post-Op Blood Clots
THURSDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that following surgery, people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be at increased risk for blood clots known as deep vein thromboses and pulmonary embolisms. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT...
Remicade Approved for Ulcerative Colitis in Children
MONDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Remicade (infliximab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat moderate-to-severe active episodes of ulcerative colitis in children aged six and older who haven't responded to other t...
A Little Dirt May Be a Good Thing
FRIDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Good hygiene has saved millions of lives, protecting people from countless bacterial and viral infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But there is growing concern that stri...
People With Bowel Disease at Higher Risk of Blood Clot in Lungs, Legs
TUESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- People with inflammatory bowel disease have double the risk of developing a potentially deadly blood clot (venous thromboembolism) in the legs or lungs as do people in the general public, a new study finds. Inf...
Study Suggests Link Between Crohn's Disease and PTSD
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Crohn's disease may cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study contends. The study included nearly 600 Swiss adults with Crohn's disease, an incurable inflammatory bowel disorder that causes seve...
Worm Therapy Shows Promise for Ulcerative Colitis
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The case of a man who swallowed parasite eggs to treat his ulcerative colitis -- and actually got better -- sheds light on how "worm therapy" might help heal the gut, a new study suggests. "Our findings in thi...
Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Shows Promise
FRIDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Getting tested for inflammatory bowel disease through an endoscopy isn't a pleasant experience, but a new review of existing research suggests that a simple stool test may help doctors figure out who needs the m...
Virus Plus Gene Mutation Spurs Crohn's Disease in Mice
THURSDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- Mice with a gene variant linked to Crohn's disease only develop the inflammatory bowel disorder if they are infected by a common norovirus called MNV, finds a new study. Noroviruses are a group of viruses that...
C-Sections May Raise Celiac Disease Risk in Offspring
TUESDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Children born by cesarean section may be more likely to develop celiac disease, a chronic digestive disorder, than children born vaginally, new research finds. Researchers analyzed data on almost 2,000 children ...
Aspirin May Increase Risk of Crohn's Disease
MONDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- A new British study finds that people who take aspirin every day have a higher risk of developing Crohn's disease, a potentially devastating digestive illness. But it's still not very likely that aspirin users wil...
Colonoscopy Not Needed for Most With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- People with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) aren't at increased risk for polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease and, in most cases, don't require a colonoscopy, U.S. rese...
Gene Sequencing Yields Picture of Human Gut
THURSDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have succeeded in sequencing 3.3 million genes from organisms residing in the human gut. And it appears that each person harbors at least 160 species of bacteria in their gut, far more than origina...
Gene Discovery Gives Clues to Crohn's Disease, Colitis
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- People with painful, chronic bowel conditions such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis could see a glimmer of hope from new research. Scientists say they've spotted a genetic flaw that could drive a rare...
Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA
TUESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs widely used to fight rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and other inflammatory disorders must now carry an updated "black box" warning label cautioning patients and doctors that the medicines may boost ...
Two Drugs Better Than One for Crohn's Patients
WEDNESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Crohn's disease patients who received a combination of the drugs infliximab (Remicade) and azathioprine (Azasan) were more likely to have the disease go into steroid-free remission than those who received only...
Scientists Discover New Drug Targets for Crohn's Disease
THURSDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- An international team of researchers has pinpointed new genetic targets for drugs to treat Crohn's disease, a chronic and painful condition caused by inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The Children's ...
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