Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease account for 169,000 hospitalizations in the US each year – 62% Crohn’s disease. Both conditions have an incidence rate of 8 cases per 100,000 people and combined prevalence rate 408 cases per 100,000 people per year.
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As Use of Herbal Remedies Soars, Patients Taking These and Cardiovascular Medications May be at Heightened Risk of Dangerous, Potentially Life-Threatening Interactions
"Many people have a false sense of security about these herbal products because they are seen as 'natural,'" said Arshad Jahangir, M.D.,...
A 47-year-old man with neuro-Sweet syndrome in association with Crohn’s disease: a case report
Introduction Sweet’s syndrome is a multi-system neutrophilic disease first described by Dr. Robert Douglas Sweet in 1964 [1] and is also known as...
Small bowel obstruction complicating colonoscopy: a case report
Introduction Colonoscopy is a widely used investigative procedure and has a relatively low complication rate. With the advent of the National Health...
Are ‘Cascades’ Changing the Face of Clinical Guidelines?
Despite the huge wealth of knowledge on which they are based, guidelines often fail to influence healthcare in the parts of the world where they are...
Adenomatous Colorectal Polyps
The term colon polyp refers to a protuberance into the lumen from the normally flat colonic mucosa. The different types of colon polyps are referred...
