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Good bacteria to rescue of colitis patients

Colitis patients who don't respond well to conventional// therapy may soon get help from a bacteria mixture, reports science portal www.eurekalert.org. Richard Fedorak, a professor of gastroenterology at the University of Alberta, and researchers from the University of Bologna in Italy and the University of North Carolina administered probiotic bacteria mixture VSL#3 over a six-week pe...

Bifidogenic Growth Stimulator: A Non-Toxic Way To Treat Ulcerative Colitis

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an idiopathic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. Although the causes of UC remain incompletely understood, many experimental and clinical observations have suggested involvement of intestinal microflora in its pathogenesis//. In genetically susceptible individuals, tissue damage can result from failure of normal regulatory constraints on the...

Stubborn Ulcerative Colitis Responds to Arthritis Drug

In good news for patients with stubborn cases of ulcerative colitis, a serious intestinal disorder, a new research review suggests// that the drug infliximab can be a useful alternative if other treatments don’t work. The drug is currently used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease. “For people with active ulcerative colitis who do not respond to corticosteroids...

Ulcerative Colitis Disrupts Many Aspects of Daily Life: Survey

Nearly three out of four ulcerative colitis (UC) sufferers responding to a new nationwide survey say not feeling well has become a normal part of life . Furthermore, they describe UC as disruptive when it comes to their relationship with a spouse, their sexual relations and their emotional state. UC patients "normalize" aspects of their experience to the point that they resign thems...

Colitis More Common in Hospitalized Patients

According to a report in the July issue of Archives of Surgery,the rate of cases of colitis (colon inflammation) caused by the bacteria Clostridium difficile more than doubled among patients hospitalized in the United States between 1993 and 2003, and the illness was more severe and associated with an increased mortality rate. C. difficile inhabits the intestines of approximately 1 per...
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Antibiotic-Associated Colitis Toxin Test

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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Pseudomembranous Colitis Toxin Assay

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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AM-Pharma Announces Positive Results of Phase IIa Clinical Trial with Alkaline Phosphatase For Ulcerative Colitis

AM Pharma Continues Its Success with Positive Phase IIa ClinicalTrial Results First clinical Results Confirm Potential New Application of KeyProduct in AM-Pharma's Pipeline BUNNIK, The Netherlands, July 9, 2007-AM-Pharma B.V., thebiopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treatinfectious and inflammatory diseases, today announced the positiveclinical results of its...

Chi-Med Announces Positive Phase II Proof-of-Concept Data for HMPL-004 in Ulcerative Colitis

LONDON, 2 July2007: Chi-Med, the Hutchison Whampoa backed pharmaceutical andhealthcare Group, today announces positive results for its Phase IIproof-of-concept study...

Long-Term Extension of Ulcerative Colitis Study Shows Remicade Responders Maintained Improvement Through Two Years of Follow-Up

Separate Survey Underscores Impact of Disease on Work Status andProductivity WASHINGTON, May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Findingspresented today at Digestive Disease Week(R) 2007 (DDW), fromlong-term extensions of the ACT trials (Active Ulcerative Colitis 1& 2) show that subjects with moderately to severely activeulcerative colitis (UC) who had responded to REMICADE(R)(inflixi...

Analysis of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Remission Rates from Long-term Safety Study of Lialda (mesalamine) Presented at DDW

Post-hoc analysis shows nearly nine out of ten patients takingonce-daily Lialda remained relapse free at the end of 12 months WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Along-term phase III, open-label 12-14 month extension study (303)presented at the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) meetingin Glasgow, Scotland in March 2007 showed Shire plc'sLialda(mesalamine) is w...

Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Sufferers Find UC Quite Disruptive to Many Aspects of Daily Life

UC's Overall Psychological Toll Is Greater Than for Asthma,Rheumatoid Arthritis and Migraines WAYNE, Pa., May 17, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly three out offour ulcerative colitis (UC) sufferers (73 percent) responding to anew nationwide survey say not feeling well has become a normal partof life. Furthermore, they describe UC as disruptive when it comesto their relationship with a spouse (...

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