Jews are genetically prone to stomach problems. Scientists are starting to understand why
Researchers found eight genetic variations unique to Ashkenazi Jews that lead to diseases like Crohn’s and colitis
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Fast Forward Ashkenazi Jews With Crohn’s Disease More Likely To Have Parkinson’s Gene: Study
Ashkenazi Jews with Crohn’s disease have an increased likelihood of carrying a gene mutation that causes Parkinson’s disease, a new scientific study has found. The study, published in Science Translational Medicine, could help doctors better understand the causes of both Parkinson’s and Crohn’s, a disease causing chronic inflammation of the digestive system that is disproportionately…
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Culture IBD Patients Reveal Their Lonely Childhood Stories
Growing up can be hard under the best of circumstances. But try sharing with a friend your most intimate problem, one you secretly confront every day: that you live with a disease ravaging your waste disposal system. It’s a lonely journey, according to interviews with young people affected by Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, collectively…
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Culture Gut Wrenching Story: One Woman’s Struggle With Ulcerative Colitis
How shall I put this delicately? When we speak about the work of our gastrointestinal tract, which we rarely do, we use euphemisms. Nevertheless, I will plunge into precarious territory by being frank: I never had a friendly relationship with the toilet. From early childhood, my stool looked like hard pebbles. I was chronically constipated…
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Culture Inflammatory Bowel Disease Information
The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America : Offers IBD patients and their families support groups and online communities. MDJunction.com Online site, www.ccfa.org, where thousands meet to discuss their feelings, questions and hopes with like-minded friends. On Facebook: Life After Crohn’s On Twitter: twitter.com/IBD support On LinkedIn: Crohn’s, Colitis & Digestive Disease Support Network For…
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Culture Crohn’s Is on the Rise Among Children
Last February, on a warm day in North Carolina, Dr. David Wohl entered the playground and saw his eight-year-old son, Zac, sitting motionless in the sandbox. “He looked like a 90-year-old guy who had fallen and couldn’t get up,” said Wohl, an AIDS expert and associate professor of infectious diseases at the University of North…
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