A study shows that methotrexate is safe for Crohn's patients in the long run (and also beneficial). 63% of patients saw benefits after 1 year, which decreased to 47% at 2 years, and at 5 years only 20% of patients saw benefits.
Researchers at McMaster University in Canada are using mice that have e-coli in them to study how inflammation affects the mice.
In a study done in Norway the mortality and cause of death was looked at in Crohn's patients. The study looked over a 20 year period after patients were initially diagnosed with Crohn's. The study found no significant difference between Crohn's patients and regular people (about 14% of Crohn's patients died as opposed to 13% of the control group).
In a wise move by the FDA it said this past week it would no longer need agency approval before performing fecal transplants. I am glad to see the FDA did something wise for once. I estimated over regulating fecal transplants would have let thousands of people die and left even tens of thousands or more people in pain.
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