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All articles tagged: Crohn's disease, unspecified (K50.9)

HealthDay 12 January at 11.57 PM

Malnutrition Often Seen in Patients Treated for IBD

Some patients seen in an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinic screen positive for malnutrition, according to a research letter published online Nov. 20 in Gastro Hep Advances.Aaron C. Viser, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues used data from a multidisciplinary IBD clinic (June 7 to July 19, 2022

HealthDay 12 January at 04.10 PM

Persistent Fluorinated Chemicals Tied to Higher Risk for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure is associated with later occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a research letter published online Dec. 26 in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.Manasi Agrawal, M.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and collea

HealthDay 08 January at 04.14 PM

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Phenotypes Vary by Race, Birthplace

For patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), phenotype varies by race, and foreign-born patients of all races have later onset and milder disease, according to a study published online Dec. 16 in Gastro Hep Advances.Ali Khalessi, M.D., from the New York University School of Medicine in New York City, and colleagues conducted

HealthDay 08 January at 04.14 PM

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Phenotypes Vary by Race, Birthplace

For patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), phenotype varies by race, and foreign-born patients of all races have later onset and milder disease, according to a study published online Dec. 16 in Gastro Hep Advances.Ali Khalessi, M.D., from the New York University School of Medicine in New York City, and colleagues conducted

HealthDay 15 December at 05.00 PM

Guidelines Developed for Crohn Disease Management With Biomarkers

For patients with Crohn disease (CD), biomarkers can inform disease management in symptomatic and asymptomatic disease, according to a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Gastroenterological Association and published in the December issue of Gastroenterology.Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, M.B.B.S., from Massachusetts General

HealthDay 05 December at 11.00 PM

Five Health Conditions Linked to Subsequent Diagnosis of MS

Five health conditions are associated with subsequent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, but they overlap with two other autoimmune diseases, according to a study published online Dec. 5 in Neurology.Octave Guinebretiere, from Sorbonne Université in Paris, and colleagues examined the association between diseases and symptoms diagnosed in

HealthDay 02 November at 11.00 PM

FDA Approves Wezlana for Multiple Inflammatory Diseases

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) as a biosimilar to and interchangeable with Stelara (ustekinumab) for multiple inflammatory diseases. The approval includes indications for adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy, active psoriatic a