Category: Irritable-Bowel Syndrome

Researchers at the Food Technology Plant Special Research Centre (CeRPTA) have for the first time developed a completely gluten-free bread that is of a much higher quality than products currently available for coeliacs. The product was 100% successful in the tests carried out. The resulting product has an increased nutritional value, a longer useful life and a similar texture to traditional bread.

The European Union, in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), has approved a project led by IDIBAPS-Hospital Clínic with the aim to validate the IBDchip within the European Community. Being the worldâ??s first diagnostic DNA chip, it has the main object to predict prognosis and response to therapy of patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease. The programme has a 2.

November is Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month. As Minister of Health, I encourage all Canadians to use this opportunity to raise awareness about these two most common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).In Canada, approximately 144,000 people are suffering from IBD, with symptoms that include abdominal pain, cramping, fatigue and diarrhea. Canada has one of the highest rates of IBD in the world, with it primarily affecting children and young adults.

The North American IBD Genetics Consortium has linked a gene mutation to the development of Crohn’s disease, a chronic, relapsing inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that affects 100 to 150 of every 100,000 people of European ancestry. The consortium is composed of IBD genetics research groups from seven centers in North America, including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and this effort was led by teams at Yale University and the University of Pittsburgh.

Research presented at the 71st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology suggests that illness behavior, specifically complaints of recurrent abdominal pain, in girls with mothers who have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) may be intensified in smaller families, where children have more one-on-one contact with their mothers.

Today, over 60 million people of all ages across the USA are suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the most common chronic medical condition, which is characterized by abdominal pain, bloating, and altered bowel habits. But because patients may find it difficult to discuss their bowel problems with their physicians, they often suffer in silence or even worse, “learn to live with it.”According to Dr.