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Research Scientist and Paediatric Gastroenterologist Dr Ed Giles and Associate Professor Rebecca Lim are both leading research into Crohn’s at Hudson Institute. Dr Ed Giles is leading two Crohn’s studies at Hudson Institute. One is investigating the relationship between the microbiome and Crohn’s. The other is examining our immune system response and its relationship to inflammation […]
News
By Caroline Schelle Police and Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville announced the leave period in a statement on Saturday, explaining she has been in hospital since last week as a result of Crohn’s disease. “The clear advice from my doctors is if I don’t take this period of rest and recovery I will be faced […]
Research
By Monica Stonehill “Intervention studies designed to target specific environmental risk factors to reduce the risk of IBD should include greenspace in study design,” Michael Elten, MSc, from the School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa in Canada, and colleagues wrote. “It is possible that by changing our immediate environment, we could prevent childhood-onset IBD.” Elten and colleagues […]
News
Scientists from the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago demonstrated that a nanotherapy reduces intestinal inflammation and shrinks lesions in a rodent model of severe Crohn’s disease. This approach could become an alternative to biologic antibody therapies that carry many side effects, including increased risk of certain cancers. […]
Personal Story
By Brooke Abbott, as told to Alison Goldman The first time I saw my son crawl at around 6 months old, he was moving across my hospital bed. I had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, 20 months before my son was born, but this was the moment I truly realized just how […]
Blog
By Alexa Federico While there’s not a singular list of foods that everyone with IBD should toss in their grocery carts (food tolerances vary across the board), there are a handful of foods that stand out as my personal favorites for great gut health. Bone broth Bone broth is a food with ancient origins. It’s made by […]