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51. Bone Marrow Drug May Help Crohn's Disease
    

    May 25, 2005 -- The drug sargramostim may reduce the severity of Crohn's disease and improve the quality of life for Crohn's patients, researchers report. While the drug didn't make as big a difference as the doctors hoped, it was still more helpful than a placebo, the study shows. The findings are

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52. MMR Vaccine Not Linked to Crohn's Disease
    

    May 12, 2005 -- The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is not associated with Crohn's disease, a study says. A link between the MMR vaccine and Crohn's disease, a lifelong inflammatory condition of the intestines, has been suggested. Earlier studies have refuted a link between the MMR vaccine and a

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53. Pregnancy and IBD Treatment Safe
    

    Nov. 3, 2004 (Orlando, Fla.) -- New research shows that women with inflammatory bowel disease should continue to take medications that prevent flare ups of the disease during pregnancy. About 1 million Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel disease -- usually ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.

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54. Wormy Cocktail Fights Crohn's Disease
    

    May 19, 2004 (New Orleans) -- Call it the medical edition of Fear Factor. Researchers report they are using helminths -- intestinal worms -- to combat Crohn's disease, the miserable, incurable disorder of the intestine characterized by abdominal pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, weight loss, and feve

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55. Immune System Drugs Help IBD
    

    May 19, 2004 (New Orleans) -- New medicines -- ranging from a relative of Viagra to an arthritis drug -- target the haywire immune responses that underlie inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Inflammatory bowel disease is the umbrella term for a number of conditions that cause inflammation of the bowel

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56. Does Cold Food Cause Crohn's?
    

    Dec. 11, 2003 -- Modern refrigeration is justifiably heralded as one of the most significant health advances of the 20th century, but French researchers say it may also be the cause of one malady -- the mysterious bowel disorder known as Crohn's disease. It is just a theory, but they say the evidenc

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57. Parasitic Worms Ease IBD
    

    Sept. 23, 2003 -- The thought of swallowing live worm eggs may turn your stomach, but that's exactly what researchers say may safely relieve the abdominal distress caused by inflammatory bowel disease.   Each year, about 600,000 Americans are diagnosed with IBD, a condition that consists of a spectr

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58. Doctors Create Large Intestine in Rats
    

    Aug. 6, 2003 -- Researchers say they have successfully grown functional large intestines in laboratory rats. Having the ability to create colon tissue through tissue engineering could have significant meaning for colon cancer patients who have had part of their colon removed. Researchers transplante

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59. Crohn's Drug Works Longer in Drug Combo
    

    Feb. 12, 2003 -- Doctors once had little to offer patients with Crohn's disease, but that changed five years ago with the introduction of Remicade -- the first drug specifically designed to treat the chronic irritable bowel condition. The drug's promise has not been fulfilled for many patients who h

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60. New Drug Fights MS and Crohn's Disease
    

    Jan. 2, 2003 -- A promising experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) and Crohn's disease may be one step closer to reality for people who suffer from these mysterious and hard-to-treat diseases. New research on the drug called natalizumab shows it dramatically slows the progression of MS a

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