inflammatory bowel disease Archives

inflammatory bowel disease

Hope for Colitis: Researchers say probiotics may dramatically reduce symptoms

A type of 'friendly bacteria' may be a key treatment to manage of one of the most common forms of inflammatory bowel disease - ulcerative colitis. Results from a four-week patient trial led by Professor George Macfarlane showed that many of the patients' symptoms were...

Curry? Don’t Worry! Ancient spice shown to aid inflammatory bowel disease

Jun 13, 2015

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) refers to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, debilitating illnesses characterized by chronic recurrent ulceration of the bowel, abdominal pain, digestive problems, diarrhea or constipation. Some research into the cause of IBD has...