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- Crohn's Drug Works Longer in Drug Combo
Feb. 12, 2003 -- Doctors once had little to offer patients with Crohn's disease, but that changed five years ago with the introduction of Remicade -- the first drug specifically designed to treat the chronic irritable bowel condition. The drug's promise has not been fulfilled for many patients who h
Read Full Article - New Drug Fights MS and Crohn's Disease
Jan. 2, 2003 -- A promising experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) and Crohn's disease may be one step closer to reality for people who suffer from these mysterious and hard-to-treat diseases. New research on the drug called natalizumab shows it dramatically slows the progression of MS a
Read Full Article - Long-Term Remicade Use Helps Crohn's
May 2, 2002 -- When Remicade hit the market a few years back, it was a very welcome addition to the world of Crohn's disease -- a serious and painful bowel condition. Currently this drug is recommended only as a one-time injection. But a new study now shows that taking Remicade long term seems to be
Read Full Article - The Secrets of Crohn's Disease
Feb. 20, 2002 -- Time was, nobody knew much about inflammatory bowel disease. That's changing fast. New knowledge is bringing new treatments. Many of these new approaches have already reached human tests, according to an article in The New England Journal of Medicine. Some one million Americans suff
Read Full Article - Remicade Puts Crohn's Disease Into Remission
Oct. 22, 2001 -- A few years ago, Remicade brought good news to the world of Crohn's disease, which wreaks havoc on the bowels. And now, new research is showing that when given every few weeks, Remicade injections can actually keep people in remission. In the past, Crohn's disease, which affects a h
Read Full Article - Patients Can Take Charge of Ulcerative Colitis
Sept. 24, 2001 -- For those with ulcerative colitis -- often called inflammatory bowel disease -- flare-ups mean nasty abdominal pain, diarrhea, even bleeding ... until you get back on your medication. But if getting the prescription means waiting to see your doctor, that delay in treatment makes th
Read Full Article - FDA Panel Gives the Nod to Bowel Control Device
Aug. 17, 2001 (Washington) -- An advisory panel to the FDA has recommended for approval a new device that may be able to help thousands of people who have bowel control problems. Nancy Loitz, a sufferer of the condition known as fecal incontinence, says the device has changed her life. That device,
Read Full Article - First Patient to Get Stem Cell Treatment for Crohn's in Remission
Aug. 10, 2001 -- Joy Weiss treated herself to a Big Mac for lunch on Friday and then considered whether she should top off the meal with a salad, some fruit, or both. For most 20-somethings, that doesn't sound like an extraordinary lunch choice, but for Weiss it's a miracle meal. The miracle in this
Read Full Article - Faulty Gene Found in People With Crohn's Disease
May 21, 2001 -- For the first time, scientists have identified a faulty gene that triggers an abnormal reaction to bacteria invading the gut of some people with Crohn's disease. Crohn's is a potentially devastating disease that affects the digestive tract. American and European scientists, working s
Read Full Article - Fighting Inflammatory Bowel Disease
April 10, 2001 -- Abdominal pain. Bloating. Gas. Diarrhea. Those are the unpleasant companions of inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, which affect up to 1 million Americans, according to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. Although the exact cause o
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