NEWS SEARCH ANALYSIS INSIGHT

360° SearchNetwork Hot Spots Trends

Advanced Search Options >>

Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:45 PM

Crohn's disease

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Crohn's disease

First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 4 Documents (in Medicine)

Treatment with TYSABRI reduces the rate of hospitalization in Crohn’s patients

Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) and Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) today announced data showing that treatment with TYSABRI® (natalizumab) significantly reduced the rate of hospitalization compared with placebo in patients with moderate–to–severe Crohn’s ... [News-Medical.Net - 10/28/2009]

Entities: Tysabri, Crohn's disease, subset analysis

First Reported 10/26/2009 - Updated 10/27/2009 - 4 Documents (in Medicine)

Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease may be at risk for developing non-melanoma skin cancer

Findings from a new retrospective cohort study presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego indicate that patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), especially those receiving the thiopurine ... [News-Medical.Net - 10/27/2009]

Entities: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, immunosuppressive, Crohn's disease, Skin Cancer, Ulcerative Colitis

First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)

Capsule endoscopy in patients with Crohn's disease: diagnostic yield and safety

Today in Endoscopy...keeping you currentReceive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via emailJournal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 10/01/09Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, 10/09/09Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 10/05/09 ... [MDLinx - 10/29/2009]

Entities: endoscopy, Crohn's disease, Diagnostic, Surgery

First Reported 10/26/2009 - Updated 10/26/2009 - 3 Documents (in Health)

New Studies Suggest PillCam(R) SB Has Positive Impact on

Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) today announced that new data presented at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2009 Conference show that by visualizing the small bowel with the PillCamÂ® SB video capsule, physicians can detect the cause of ... [Market Wire via MSN Money - 10/26/2009]

Entities: endoscopy, Given Imaging Ltd, gastrointestinal, small intestine, Crohn's disease

First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/27/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)

Jane Hamsher: Protecting Pharmaceutical Profits: The Cost Is Human Lives

The public option has received the lion's share of attention in the health care debate, but there is an equally important issue relating to generic drugs that could mean innovative lifesaving drugs remain too expensive for all but the wealthy. Biologics ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 10/27/2009]

Entities: Jane Hamsher, Duke University, Crohn's disease

First Reported 10/22/2009 - Updated 10/22/2009 - 2 Documents (in Biology)

GeneNews announces the publication of a paper in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

GeneNews Limited (TSX: GEN), a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, today announced the publication of a paper in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. The ... [News-Medical.Net - 10/22/2009]

Entities: Gastroenterology, Crohn's disease, Gene Expression, Digestive Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital

First Reported 10/28/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 2 Documents (in Medicine)

Tysabri cuts hospitalisation rate

Irish pharmaceutical company Elan and its US partner Biogen said a new analysis of three late-stage clinical trials showed that their Tysabri medicine reduced the rate of hospitalisations in people with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease.In patients treated ... [Irish Times - 10/28/2009]

Entities: Tysabri, Crohn's disease, Multiple Sclerosis

First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)

House Health Care Bill: A Death Sentence for My Fellow Breast Cancer Survivors

I'm Jane, and I'm a breast cancer survivor There was much celebration on Capitol Hill today with the announcement of the new House health care bill. For myself, as a three-time breast cancer survivor, there was tremendous sadness and disappointment ... [Firedoglake - 10/29/2009]

Entities: Breast Cancer, Health Care, Sather, Anna Eshoo

First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Antibody treatment for ulcerative colitis reduces need for colon surgery

Ulcerative colitis patients had a 41% reduction in removal of their colon (colectomy) after a year when treated with the artificial antibody infliximab, according to a study led by Mayo Clinic and published in the October 2009 issue of Gastroenterolo ... [MTB Europe - 10/29/2009]

Entities: Ulcerative Colitis, infliximab, Antibody, Placebo

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents

Tysabri shows positive results in treatment of Crohn's disease

Drugmaker Elan and its US partner Biogen Idec issued positive news yesterday on the use of Tysabri for the treatment of Crohn's disease.The companies said new analysis of three late-stage clinical trials showed the treatment reduced the rate of hospitalisations ... [Irish Independent - 10/30/2009]

Entities: Tysabri, Multiple Sclerosis, encephalopathy, Crohn's disease

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

ACG: Bowel Surgery, Crohn's Predict Capsule Endoscopy Problem

SAN DIEGO -- Patients who've had bowel surgery and those with a history of Crohn's disease may be at an increased risk of an incomplete capsule endoscopy, researchers said here.Both of these groups had about twice the risk of not passing the capsule before ... [MedPage Today - 10/30/2009]

Entities: endoscopy, cecum, Crohn's disease

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents

Global standards for milking herds possible (NZPA)

A strong push to develop common global guidelines for dairy husbandry may lead to an "international cow," says a leading New Zealand dairy farmer.The International Dairy Federation's (IDF) standing committee on farm management and animal health has seen ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 10/30/2009]

Entities: Streptococcus agalactiae, Ashburton (New Zealand), Mycobacterium, Crohn's disease

Quotes

...Approximately 21 percent of CIMZIA responders reported improvement in general well-being scores versus 14 percent of nonresponders (Abstract #P286) "These data further underscore the value of CIMZIA as a therapeutic option for those living with this devastating and debilitating disease. The long-term efficacy data solidify CIMZIA's potential to help many patients throughout the course of their disease" said David Robinson, vice president and general manager of UCB's Immunology Unit...

New Data Show CIMZIA certolizumab pegol Provides Sustained and Significant Symptom Improvement in ... [Pharmacy Choice - 11/10/2009]

...to treat the disease, although we can't rule out changes to the immune system itself as a result of IBD as contributing to this risk,' stated Long. "In patients on immunosuppression therapy after organ transplant, previous studies have shown a clear association with NMSC. Other studies have demonstrated that azathioprine, which is in the thiopurine class, can increase the photosensitization of human skin,” Long said. 'Our study demonstrates that patients with IBD on immunosupression may also be at risk for NMSC. As a result, our long term management plans for IBD patients should stress the daily use of broad-spectrum sunscreen and increased awareness of NMSC to help to prevent complications,' Long said."

Scientists find possible link between IBD, skin cancer [Drug Store News - 11/09/2009]

...The new grant will seek details about how the JC virus gains traction in the brain. "The idea is to look at the surface of the virus now, and try to understand what parts of the virus interact with the receptors on the cell" said Atwood. Scientists first isolated the JC virus in 1971 (JC stands for John Cunningham, a patient from whom the virus was first isolated)...

$6-Million NIH Grant To Study Rare Brain Disease [Medical News Today - 11/09/2009]

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Swine flu update: Children from 6 months to 5 y... [Irish Medical Times - 17 hours ago]
Balance sheet boost for Epistem [Manchester Evening News - 11/20/2009]
Two M.D.-trained CEOs are taking their companie... [Drug Discovery News - 11/20/2009]
Thiopurines increase lymphoproliferative disord... [Modern Medicine - 11/20/2009]
Solving the 50-year-old puzzle of thalidomide [Science Centric - 11/20/2009]
Crohn's doesn't keep nurse from achieving her g... [SmartBrief - 11/19/2009]
JNM:PET/CT can identify treatment options for C... [HealthImaging - 11/19/2009]
Crohn's blamed on lazy immune cells [New Scientist - 11/19/2009]
Book on pediatric IBD launched [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]
Cosmo Pharmaceuticals offers to acquire BioXell [PipelineReview - 11/19/2009]
HSE publishes intercultural guide [Irish Medical Times - 11/19/2009]
Scientists closer to finding cause of IBD with ... [Drug Store News - 11/19/2009]
How Our Bodies are Killing Us. Researchers Link... [Prlog - 11/18/2009]
Research and Markets: Uncovering Biomarker and ... [Forbes.com - 11/18/2009]
BioXell Supports Planned Acquisition by Cosmo P... [HUGIN Online - 11/18/2009]
NURTURE, the Use of Certolizumab Pegol for Trea... [SmartBrief - 11/18/2009]
FDG-PET/CT could help plan Crohn's disease trea... [SmartBrief - 11/17/2009]
Solving the 50-year-old puzzle of thalidomide [EurekAlert! - 11/17/2009]
Largest gene study of childhood IBD identifies ... [innovations report - 11/17/2009]
XOMA Appoints Jim Neal Vice President of Busine... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/17/2009]
XOMA Appoints Jim Neal Vice President of Busine... [Stockwatch - 11/17/2009]
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada Announ... [PR-USA.net - 11/17/2009]
5 genes raise bowel disease risk in young [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - 11/16/2009]
La Jolla Institute finds previous seasonal flu ... [EurekAlert! - 11/16/2009]
5 genes raise bowel disease risk in young [CBC - 11/16/2009]
La Jolla Institute finds previous seasonal flu ... [Genetic Engineering News - 11/16/2009]
Largest Gene Study of Childhood IBD Finds 5 New... [PR Newswire - 11/16/2009]
Former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton ... [Chicago Tribune - 11/16/2009]
Ex-Presidents Bush, Clinton to share Chicago stage [Chicago Tribune - 11/16/2009]
Largest gene study of childhood IBD identifies ... [Genetic Engineering News - 11/15/2009]

Blogs

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Lee Schneider: Spitting Into The Future [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 6 hours ago] It's been said that the future will be much like the present, only longer. But knowing the future would change your life. If you knew the exact location ...
House Health Care Bill: A Death Sentence for My... [Firedoglake - 10/29/2009] I'm Jane, and I'm a breast cancer survivor There was much celebration on Capitol Hill today with the announcement of the new House health care bill. For myself, ...
Jane Hamsher: House Health Care Bill: A Death S... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 10/29/2009] There was much celebration on Capitol Hill today with the announcement of the new House health care bill. For myself, as a three time breast cancer survivor, ...
Gottlieb Family Battle Beginning to Look Like A... [Daily Intel - 10/28/2009] The dilapidated Keller Hotel, a Gottlieb property, which is now under renovation.The story of Bill Gottlieb, an eccentric real-estate collector whose Manhattan acquisitions ...
Jane Hamsher: Protecting Pharmaceutical Profits... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 10/27/2009] The public option has received the lion's share of attention in the health care debate, but there is an equally important issue relating to generic drugs ...

Audio/Video

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Can Parasites Save Your Life? - Jim McKerrow [Mefeedia Video Tag : medicine - 04/14/2009]
ASTHMA / PANIC ATTACKS....THE SIMPLE DRUG-FREE ... [Mefeedia Video Tag : medicine - 04/09/2009]
THE ¨DRUG FREE¨ ANSWER TO MOST HEALTH... [Mefeedia Video Tag : medicine - 04/09/2009]

Change Password

Log in to Silobreaker

Advanced Search Options

Crohn's disease