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IBD PATIENTS STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH Check out these recent articles about the mental health burden that impacts patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The first article highlights how important it is for us providers to care and question about mental health. “Knowing the burden of IBD and the constraints of time with […]
METALS IN BABY TEETH PREDICT IBD LATER IN LIFE Check out this SMALL but interesting study highlighted in MedPage Today from Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, a highly respected IBD center of excellence. The study suggests that “environmental exposure to metallic toxins in early life may be a risk factor for inflammatory bowel […]
DIET MODIFICATION CAN IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN IBD Check out this article in Healio that highlights the promising preliminary research from Yale on the autoimmune protocol diet in Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis patients: “Quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease can be improved through dietary modification, according to a study published by the Oxford University […]
MILLIONS FOR THE MICROBIOME! by Tara Troy, M.D. Check out this article in Forbes about a recent massive $35 million donation from billionaire Marc Benioff (Salesforce CEO) to San Francisco area hospitals specifically for research on the fascinating gut microbiome! https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2019/08/13/billionaire-marc-benioff-donates-35-million-to-bay-area-universities-for-microbiome-research/#21c358ec28f4 “The human microbiome—the 100 trillion bacteria that live in the human body—is an […]