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Information on long-term conditions and on how nutrition can help manage them

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• Bone Health In Adults With Multiple Sclerosis

  Posted on Saturday January 5th, 2008 at 03:52 in 9-hpt, abc drugs, acupuncture, ada, als, alternative medicine, amantadine, ambulation index, amitriptyline, antegren, anticonvulsants, antidepressants

  Please download this article here: Bone Health In Adults With Multiple Sclerosis It is probable that those with Multiple Sclerosis are at a higher risk of vitamin D deficiency than those without MS a...

• Understanding Coeliac Disease And Lactose Intolerance

  Posted on Saturday January 5th, 2008 at 03:49 in abdomen, abdominal, allergy, antibodies, auto, auto-immune, autoimmune, barley, bowel, ceeliac, celiac, celiac blog

  Please download this article here: Understanding Coeliac Disease And Lactose Intolerance Lactose intolerance is frequently seen in patients diagnosed with Coeliac disease. Symptoms can often be uncom...

• Coeliac Disease And Bone Health In Adults

  Posted on Tuesday December 18th, 2007 at 11:06 in abdomen, abdominal, abdominal pain, allergy, antibodies, auto, auto-immune, autoimmune, barley, bowel, bowels disorder, ceeliac

  Please download this article here: Coeliac Disease And Bone Health In Adults Having a long-term condition often has implications for other areas of the body as well as the area that the condition is ...

• Coeliac Disease Prevalence

  Posted on Tuesday December 18th, 2007 at 03:30 in abdominal, allergy, antibodies, auto, auto-immune, autoimmune, barley, bowel, ceeliac, celiac, ceoliac, Cereal

  Please download this article here: Coeliac Disease Prevalence Coeliac disease is a condition known throughout the world, with a mean prevalence of 1-2%. Research suggests that the average prevalence ...

• Crohns Fistulas – Treatment considerations

  Posted on Monday December 17th, 2007 at 07:02 in abdomen, abdominal, abdominal pain, air, anaemia, anaesthesia, anal, analgesia, anus, appetite, auto, auto-immune

  Please download this article here: Crohns Fistulas – Treatment considerations I thought I would share our experience of fistulas.  My wife had a fistula develop from the terminal ileum to her blad...

• Multiple Sclerosis Prevalence

  Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 at 03:40 in auto, auto-immune, benign, chronic, diet, disease, epidemiological, food for, for, immune, malnutrition, micronutrients

  Please download this article here: Multiple Sclerosis Prevalence “I have written this article to provide you with information on how common Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is amongst the population.  It h...

• Multiple Sclerosis - A Definition

  Posted on Tuesday November 27th, 2007 at 17:28 in auto, auto-immune, benign, chronic, diet, food for, for, immune, malnutrition, micronutrients, minerals, ms

  Please download this article here:  Multiple Sclerosis - A Definition “I have written this article to provide you with information on how Multiple Sclerosis manifests itself in a person.  It is...

• Crohns – Practical Tips For Coaxing Back Appetite

  Posted on Wednesday November 14th, 2007 at 12:04 in appetite, auto, auto-immune, colon, crohns, deficiencies, diet, gut, ibd, ileum, immune, inflammatory bowel disease

  Dowload this article here: Crohns – Practical Tips For Coaxing Back Appetite “This article is applicable to anyone who is trying to regain either their appetite or the appetite of someone they ar...

• Handy Tips On Developing A Crohns Diet

  Posted on Wednesday November 14th, 2007 at 04:01 in anaemia, auto, auto-immune, colon, crohns, deficiencies, diet, gut, ibd, ileum, immune, inflammatory bowel disease

  Dowload this article here: Handy Tips On Developing A Crohns Diet It would be wonderful if anyone with Crohns could simply take a tablet or eat a set diet to cure the condition.  However, as I am su...

• Crohns - Practical Steps To Take Back Control

  Posted on Tuesday November 13th, 2007 at 07:13 in anaemia, anaesthesia, analgesia, antagonist, appetite, auto, auto-immune, colon, control, crohns, deficiencies, diet

  Download this article here: Crohns - Practical Steps To Take Back Control The overarching theme of this article is that you will fare better if you to take responsibility for your own health and ap...

• Crohns Treatment Summary

  Posted on Friday November 9th, 2007 at 05:01 in auto, auto-immune, crohns, gut, ibd, ileum, immune, inflammatory bowel disease, intestine, Treatment, ulceration

  Download this article here: Crohns Treatment Summary There is no curative medical therapy for Crohn’s disease, the primary goal of treatment is to control inflammation and reduce the symptoms of pa...

• Crohns Nutrition – The Impact on the Immune and Inflammatory Systems

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 10:24 in absorption, acids, amino, auto, auto-immune, b12, b6, copper, crohn’s, crohns, deficiencies, enzyme

  Download the article here: Crohns Nutrition – The Impact The immune system becomes activated in the presence of chronic inflammatory diseases such as Crohn’s (Dionne et al. 1999; Shah 2007); the ...

• Crohns Malnutrition

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 05:59 in absorption, auto, auto-immune, chromium, copper, crohns, deficiencies, gut, ibd, ileum, immune, inflammatory bowel disease

  Download the article here: Crohns Malnutrition  If the small intestine is affected, malabsorption of various nutrients may occur, contributing to protein-energy malnutrition. However, inflammation o...

• Crohns Causing Nutritional Deficiencies and Malnutrition

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 05:49 in absorption, auto, auto-immune, crohns, deficiencies, gut, ibd, ileum, immune, inflammatory bowel disease, intestine, nutrients

  Download the article here: Crohns Causing Nutritional Deficiencies and Malnutrition. Nutritional deficiencies are frequently observed in Crohn’s disease, especially in patients with extensive invol...

• Crohns Diagnosis

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 04:35 in auto, auto-immune, crohn’s, crohns, diagnosis, gut, ibd, ileum, immune, inflammatory bowel disease, intestine, ulceration

  Download the article here: Crohns Diagnosis.  Crohn’s disease is diagnosed by a set of clinical, endoscopic and histological characteristics. Diagnosis of Crohn’s disease can be troublesome bec...

• Crohns Clinical Features

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 04:33 in auto, auto-immune, crohns, features, gut, ibd, ileum, immune, inflammatory bowel disease, intestine, ulceration

  Download this article here: Crohns Cinical Features.  Crohn’s disease has a chronic relapsing course and patients usually present with different combinations of diarrhoea, weight loss, abdominal ...

• Crohns Development (Pathogenesis)

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 04:11 in auto, auto-immune, crohns, development, gut, ibd, ileum, immune, inflammatory bowel disease, intestine, pathogenesis, ulceration

  Crohns Pathogenesis / Development.  The aetiology of Crohn’s disease is unknown but it is thought that the pathogenesis may be the result in a combination of: An exaggerated intestinal immune r...