Philadelphia CCFA Hosts Crohn’s and Colitis Education Day
Philadelphia CCFA Hosts Crohn’s and Colitis Education Day Philadelphia CCFA Hosts Crohn’s & Colitis Patient Education Day at Thomas … PR Web (press release) This free program provides a supportive environment for patients, families and caregivers to learn about Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Currently, Crohn’s disease and [...]
War Inside Our Bodies Living with Inflammatory Disease
War Inside Our Bodies Living with Inflammatory Disease Our bodies rely on a complex immune system to keep us healthy, but for those with inflammatory disease it can feel as if their immune system has turned against them. With International Day of Immunology coming up on 29 April, Rebecca Scott talks to researchers working to [...]
Work Out What Matters Most Your Mind
Work Out What Matters Most Your Mind Only 20 minutes so far? I can’t keep sitting on this bike. It hurts. I’ll just leave class and use the restroom. I don’t need to go to the bathroom, but it will give my rear end a break. What if everyone stares at me? Oh no, now [...]
Ulcerative Colitis Weekend Surgery Adds Complication Risk
Weekend hospitalization for ulcerative colitis is associated with an increased risk for postoperative complications, according to the findings of a large retrospective study. The weekend effect is the well-described phenomenon of worse outcomes for patients hospitalised on a weekend compared with a weekday,” the authors write. However, this effect may not exist across all healthcare [...]
Live Saving Screening for Women
As Maria Grasso sees it, people are dying because people aren’t talking. So she is talking. Have you had a colonoscopy?’ I work that into every conversation,” said Grasso, of Mount Laurel, who organized the fifth annual Get Your Rear in Gear race and walk in Fairmount Park on Sunday to benefit colorectal cancer research [...]
Importance of screening for colon cancer
Colon cancer is cancer of the colon or rectum and is the second most deadly cancer in the United States. It has better cure rates if found early. March is Colon Cancer Awareness month and the most important message to remember is that screening for colon cancer — having a test to look for the [...]
Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Trial Immune Initiates Bertilimumab Phase II
Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Trial Immune Initiates Bertilimumab Phase II Immune Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Immune”), a privately held Israeli company, and EpiCept Corporation (Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Exchange and OTCQX: EPCT) announced today that Immune is initiating, following authorization from Israeli health authorities, a Phase II double-blind placebo controlled study with its lead drug, bertilimumab, in patients with [...]
FDA approves Delzicol to treat ulcerative colitis
FDA has approved Delzicol as a treatment for ulcerative colitis, according to a press release. Delzicol (mesalamine, Warner Chilcott) is intended to treat mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis (UC) and maintenance of remission. The drug will be available in 400-mg, delayed-release capsules, with an approved dosage of 800 mg three times a day for treatment and a [...]
My Colonoscopy Mark Cuban
My Colonoscopy Mark Cuban I usually don’t talk about personal issues, but I thought this was important to share. I’m getting to that age where it pays to be proactive and start getting tested for the myriad of things that can go wrong with my body. One of the things I wanted to get over [...]
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