Inflammation

Inflammatory bowel disease and Crohns present with unique hormonal issues. Inflammation, malnutrition and the medications used to treat the inflammation can slow the onset of menses in teen patients, and can prevent menstruation in women with active symptoms.

Exposing the Truth about Crohns by Dave Watson!

Crohn’s sufferers have been told time after time that Crohn’s is an autoimmune disease and therefore the inflammation is caused by an aggressive immune response.

Read my PDF The Crohn’s Deception and you’ll realize it’s completely false that Crohn’s is an autoimmune disease.

A new Cornell study reports that inflammation -- not genetic susceptibility -- drives the growth of intestinal bacteria and invasive E. coli linked to Crohn's disease (CD).

Carrie Johnson represented the United States at the 2012 Olympics in pursuit of the gold medal in women's kayaking. But while she battled for the gold,
Johnson continues fight another battle...crohns disease, one of the two most common inflammatory bowel diseases, according to the U.S.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children's Hospital have recognized commensal bacteria in the human intestine that produce a neurotransmitter that may play a role in treating or preventing inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn's disease.

A stomach bug might be unbearable & unpleasant for sufferers, but most people usually recover within a week with fluids & much needed rest. A new report from the CDC shows death rates from these stomach illnesses, known as gastroenteritis, have doubled over the past decade.

In 33 patients undergoing knee arthroplasty, plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels were measured preoperatively, 6 to 12 hours after surgery, then daily for 5 days, and then after 3 months. By day 2 postoperatively, there was a large increase in the median C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration and a 42.5% decrease in the median 25(OH)D concentration (p < 0.001).

It’s no secret that certain food will help your skin glow from the inside out. Here are three superfoods that will boost any dull dermis.

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Biologists have shed light on a puzzling parasite in a new discovery that reveals why some forms of Toxoplasma are more dangerous than others.

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