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Virtual Reality Headset and Acceptability of Rectosigmoidoscopy in Ulcerative Colitis: a Randomised Controlled Trial
ClinicalTrials.gov

Virtual Reality Headset and Acceptability of Rectosigmoidoscopy in Ulcerative Colitis: a Randomised Controlled Trial

This trial tests a non-drug way (virtual reality medical-hypnosis content) to reduce pain and embarrassment during rectosigmoidoscopy — a common, sometimes poorly tolerated procedure in ulcerative colitis that patients...

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TikToker With Crohn’s Disease Got a $103,718 Hospital Bill for Five Nights — Two of Them Were on a Gurney in the Hallway — Insurance Left Her With $1,200
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TikToker With Crohn’s Disease Got a $103,718 Hospital Bill for Five Nights — Two of Them Were on a Gurney in the Hallway — Insurance Left Her With $1,200

This story highlights how hospital billing, administrative errors, and gaps in hospital care (privacy, dietary needs) can create financial and emotional stress for people with Crohn’s disease. It underscores broader...

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Valorization of spent black tea polyphenols as a functional coating for probiotic protection and colitis alleviation.
Food & function

Valorization of spent black tea polyphenols as a functional coating for probiotic protection and colitis alleviation.

The study reports an experimental coating that both protects a probiotic and provides antioxidant, anti-inflammatory effects in a mouse colitis model—an approach that, if validated in humans, could improve probiotic...

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Oral Colon‐ and Mitochondria‐Targeted Nanoparticles Alleviate Ulcerative Colitis by Reeducating Macrophage Polarization via SIRT3/FOXO3a‐Mediated Mitochondrial Restoration
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Oral Colon‐ and Mitochondria‐Targeted Nanoparticles Alleviate Ulcerative Colitis by Reeducating Macrophage Polarization via SIRT3/FOXO3a‐Mediated Mitochondrial Restoration

The study targets macrophage mitochondrial dysfunction, a mechanism linked to inflammation in ulcerative colitis, and demonstrates a nanodelivery approach that reduced colitis in mice—an approach that could inspire new...

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Comparative efficacy of dietary interventions and enteral nutrition in adults with ulcerative colitis: a network meta-analysis
Frontiers in Nutrition

Comparative efficacy of dietary interventions and enteral nutrition in adults with ulcerative colitis: a network meta-analysis

This analysis suggests enteral nutrition may be more effective than a low-residue diet for clinical response in adults with ulcerative colitis and that some dietary strategies may raise albumin, but the underlying trial...

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Basal crypt dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease: morphological quandaries, p53 immunohistochemistry and diagnostic pointers
Virchows Archiv

Basal crypt dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease: morphological quandaries, p53 immunohistochemistry and diagnostic pointers

Basal crypt dysplasia is easy to miss but linked to higher risk of advanced colorectal neoplasia in longstanding IBD. Improved recognition and use of p53 immunohistochemistry or complementary biomarkers could affect...

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Pre-treatment NUDT15 testing to inform thiopurine prescribing in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: an economic evaluation
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Pre-treatment NUDT15 testing to inform thiopurine prescribing in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: an economic evaluation

NUDT15 genotyping can identify people at high risk of severe thiopurine-induced myelosuppression; if cost-effective, testing could change how clinicians choose or dose thiopurines for IBD, potentially preventing serious...

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Structural elucidation and structure-activity relationship of Porphyra haitanensis polysaccharide for preventing ulcerative colitis: Targeting the immune-microbiota-metabolism axis.
International journal of biological macromolecules

Structural elucidation and structure-activity relationship of Porphyra haitanensis polysaccharide for preventing ulcerative colitis: Targeting the immune-microbiota-metabolism axis.

The study suggests a natural seaweed-derived polysaccharide could modify gut bacteria and immune signaling in ways that reduced experimental colitis, which may interest people looking for microbiota-targeted dietary...

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Focally distributed dense inflammatory polyps with ulcerative colitis.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver

Focally distributed dense inflammatory polyps with ulcerative colitis.

Cure8 found this source from Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver, but the page could not be read reliably yet....

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Dyspareunia and heavy menstrual bleeding as clinical predictors of concomitant endometriosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A multidisciplinary prospective study.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver

Dyspareunia and heavy menstrual bleeding as clinical predictors of concomitant endometriosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A multidisciplinary prospective study.

Endometriosis may coexist with IBD and can cause pelvic pain, painful sex, and heavy periods—symptoms that may be mistaken for bowel disease activity. Identifying endometriosis could change evaluation and management for...

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Potential effect of ethanolic extract of Abutilon indicum (L.) against acetic acid induced ulcerative colitis in albino rats
International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology

Potential effect of ethanolic extract of Abutilon indicum (L.) against acetic acid induced ulcerative colitis in albino rats

This preclinical study suggests a traditional medicinal plant extract may reduce inflammation and tissue damage in an experimental model of ulcerative colitis, which could guide future drug-discovery research relevant to...

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MAAMOUL: metabolic network-based discovery of microbiome-metabolome shifts in disease.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

MAAMOUL: metabolic network-based discovery of microbiome-metabolome shifts in disease.

This method helps translate complex paired microbiome and metabolome data into coherent functional modules; that could clarify microbial metabolic alterations in IBD or IBS and guide future biomarker or mechanistic...

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2'-Fucosyllactose modulates gut microbiota and systemic metabolism in mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis: a randomized crossover trial.
Journal of Crohn's & colitis

2'-Fucosyllactose modulates gut microbiota and systemic metabolism in mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis: a randomized crossover trial.

The study suggests a dietary/prebiotic compound (2'-FL) can change gut microbes and patient-reported disease control in mild-to-moderate UC, which could point to non-drug ways to support symptoms and microbiome health.

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Epigenetic changes in stromal cells drive disease-promoting tissue niches - Bioengineer.org
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Epigenetic changes in stromal cells drive disease-promoting tissue niches - Bioengineer.org

This work suggests that non-immune stromal cells can hold an epigenetic ‘memory’ that keeps intestinal tissue in a disease-promoting state, which may help explain relapse or incomplete responses to immune-focused...

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Molecular Mechanisms of Danggui Shaoyao Powder in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis: A Network Pharmacology Approach with Experimental Validation.
Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening

Molecular Mechanisms of Danggui Shaoyao Powder in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis: A Network Pharmacology Approach with Experimental Validation.

The study points to specific immune pathways (especially Th17 differentiation) and molecular targets that might explain DSP’s anti-inflammatory effects in ulcerative colitis, which could guide further preclinical and...

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Network Pharmacology-Metabolomics Integration Reveals the Multiple Targets and Mechanisms of Total Glucosides of Paeony Against Ulcerative Colitis.
Journal of inflammation research

Network Pharmacology-Metabolomics Integration Reveals the Multiple Targets and Mechanisms of Total Glucosides of Paeony Against Ulcerative Colitis.

Researchers used laboratory mouse and cell models to show that total glucosides of paeony (TGP) may reduce inflammation linked to ulcerative colitis and identified molecular pathways (COX‑2/arachidonic acid, NF‑κB, MAPK,...

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TL1A-DR3 Signaling in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Pathogenesis to Therapeutic Targeting.
The Kurume medical journal

TL1A-DR3 Signaling in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Pathogenesis to Therapeutic Targeting.

TL1A-DR3 is implicated in both inflammation and fibrosis in IBD, so targeting it could address active disease and reduce fibrotic complications that lead to strictures. New TL1A-blocking antibodies are already in...

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Microbiota-derived 4-HPAA alleviates Crohn's disease by stabilizing SIRT1 and reprogramming macrophage immunometabolism.
Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death

Microbiota-derived 4-HPAA alleviates Crohn's disease by stabilizing SIRT1 and reprogramming macrophage immunometabolism.

The study links a polyphenol-rich diet to a specific microbiome change and a microbial metabolite (4-HPAA) that reduced inflammation in mouse models — offering a possible mechanism by which diet could influence Crohn's...

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Peptide Andersonin-W1 Attenuates Ulcerative Colitis by Inhibiting Inflammation and Restoring Intestinal Barrier Function through Direct Binding to IL-17RA
Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Peptide Andersonin-W1 Attenuates Ulcerative Colitis by Inhibiting Inflammation and Restoring Intestinal Barrier Function through Direct Binding to IL-17RA

Researchers describe a natural peptide that binds IL‑17RA and reduced disease measures in mouse colitis models — a potential new mechanism for reducing gut inflammation and restoring the epithelial barrier that could...

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An orally administered peptide hydrogel disentangles immune-microbiota crosstalk for long-term ulcerative colitis therapy
openRxiv

An orally administered peptide hydrogel disentangles immune-microbiota crosstalk for long-term ulcerative colitis therapy

This study describes a new oral peptide hydrogel that, in mouse models, appears to reduce colitis severity by acting on both immune signaling (TLR4) and the gut microbiome. For people with UC, treatments that target both...

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Unraveling the association between acne vulgaris and inflammatory bowel disease through cross-trait genetics: From pleiotropic signals to causal biology.
The Journal of investigative dermatology

Unraveling the association between acne vulgaris and inflammatory bowel disease through cross-trait genetics: From pleiotropic signals to causal biology.

Cure8 found this source from The Journal of investigative dermatology, but the page could not be read reliably yet. It is tagged for Inflammatory bowel disease, Genetics and genomics, and Research and clinical trials....

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A Solitary Rectal Retention Polyp in an Adult Patient with Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report
Case Reports in Clinical Practice

A Solitary Rectal Retention Polyp in an Adult Patient with Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report

Surveillance colonoscopies in IBD are meant to detect dysplasia or cancer; this report shows some solitary polyps may be benign retention polyps. Correct endoscopic removal and pathology spare patients from unnecessary...

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Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Association with Disease Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Albania
Gastrointestinal Disorders

Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Association with Disease Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Albania

Vitamin D deficiency was common among Albanian patients with IBD and showed a weak inverse association with disease activity in ulcerative colitis, suggesting vitamin D status may relate to symptom burden or...

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Diagnostic strategies for differentiating Crohn’s disease from intestinal tuberculosis: a systematic review of clinical, endoscopic, radiological, histopathological and microbiological features
The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Diagnostic strategies for differentiating Crohn’s disease from intestinal tuberculosis: a systematic review of clinical, endoscopic, radiological, histopathological and microbiological features

Distinguishing Crohn’s disease from intestinal tuberculosis can change treatment (immune suppression versus anti‑tubercular therapy) and outcomes. This review summarizes which findings have tended to favor one diagnosis...

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NOV-ERA - A Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Ontunisertib Compared to Placebo in Patients With Fibrostenosing Crohn's Disease
ClinicalTrials.gov

NOV-ERA - A Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Ontunisertib Compared to Placebo in Patients With Fibrostenosing Crohn's Disease

People with Crohn's disease who develop symptomatic intestinal strictures currently often need endoscopic dilation or surgery. This trial tests an investigational oral drug (ontunisertib) aiming to improve...

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A Study of How the Medicine Called "Etrasimod" Works in Children With the Gut Disease Called Ulcerative Colitis
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A Study of How the Medicine Called "Etrasimod" Works in Children With the Gut Disease Called Ulcerative Colitis

A pediatric Phase 2 trial testing etrasimod could expand treatment options for children with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis if later shown safe and effective. Families of affected children and their...

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Dysregulation of the KLF9/TXNRD2 Axis Leads to Mitochondrial DNA Oxidation and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Ulcerative Colitis
Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Dysregulation of the KLF9/TXNRD2 Axis Leads to Mitochondrial DNA Oxidation and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Ulcerative Colitis

The study identifies a molecular link between epithelial mitochondrial oxidative stress and NLRP3-driven inflammation in ulcerative colitis models, suggesting a possible new target for research into disease mechanisms...

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Longitudinal visceral adipose heterogeneity supports digital health stratification of infliximab response loss in Crohn disease
Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Longitudinal visceral adipose heterogeneity supports digital health stratification of infliximab response loss in Crohn disease

If validated, an imaging-derived adipose heterogeneity biomarker could help predict who will lose response to infliximab after induction, potentially guiding earlier treatment decisions and personalized monitoring for...

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Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib in Refractory Very-Early-Onset Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report.
Journal of paediatrics and child health

Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib in Refractory Very-Early-Onset Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report.

Cure8 found this source from Journal of paediatrics and child health, but the page could not be read reliably yet. It is tagged for Ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, and Upadacitinib. Open the original...

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