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  ECCO 2016: Professor Séverine Vermeire (Leuven, Belgium) discusses new patient guidelines for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis which were released at this year’s 11th Congress of ECCO in Amsterdam, and Helen Terry (CCUK) discusses how they might be rolled out to patients in the UK.

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 5 May 2016

  ECCO-EFCCA Patient Guidelines – by Maria Dalby Marco Greco, Milan, Italy; Séverine Vermeire, University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium; Salvatore Leone, Palermo, Italy; Paolo Gionchetti, University of Bologna, Italy; Martin Kojinov, Sofia, Bulgaria; Axel… read more.

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  ECCO 2016: Professor Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet (Nancy, France), Professor Jean-Frederic Colombel (New York, USA), Marian O’Connor (Harrow, UK) and Dr Charlie Lees (Edinburgh, UK) give their highlights of the 11th Congress of ECCO

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 4 May 2016

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  UEGW 2015: Vaccination in IBD. An interview with Dr Herbert Tilg, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria. Conducted by Sanjay Tanday

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 3 Dec 2015

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  UEGW 2015: Low risk Barrett’s oesophagus: To leave or treat? An interview with Professor Prateek Sharma, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA. Conducted by Sanjay Tanday.

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 2 Dec 2015

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  UEGW 2015: Management of IBD after anti-TNF failure. Professor Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet (Nancy, France) discusses his presentation on when to use anti-integrins or anti-TNFs and the iCARE programme sponsored by ECCO.

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 1 Dec 2015

  by Maria Dalby: Managing patients with active disease who fail to respond to anti-TNF therapy remains a key unmet need in IBD. Introducing a free paper session on… read more.

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  IBD: What’s new in 2015: Professor Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet (Nancy, France), Professor Prateek Sharma (Kansas, USA), Professor Brian Feagan (London, Canada) and Professor David Wilson (Edinburgh, UK) discuss their highlights of UEGW 2015. Conducted by Sanjay Tanday.

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 1 Dec 2015

  by Sanjay Tanday: Advances in diagnostics and therapy means the prospects of living a normal active life free of symptoms and disability are better than ever for IBD… read more.

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  IBD: What's new in 2015: Professor Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet (Nancy, France), Professor Prateek Sharma (Kansas, USA), Professor Brian Feagan (London, Canada) and Professor David Wilson (Edinburgh, UK) discuss their highlights of UEGW 2015. Conducted by Sanjay Tanday.

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 1 Dec 2015

  by Sanjay Tanday: Advances in diagnostics and therapy means the prospects of living a normal active life free of symptoms and disability are better than ever for IBD… read more.

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  UEGW 2015: Complications of Crohn’s disease

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 30 Nov 2015

  by Maria Dalby: Accurate diagnosis and monitoring are key elements in the prevention of long-term complications of Crohn’s disease including stenosis, strictures and perforation. Rising Star award winner… read more.

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  UEGW 2015: Complications of Crohn's disease

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 30 Nov 2015

  by Maria Dalby: Accurate diagnosis and monitoring are key elements in the prevention of long-term complications of Crohn’s disease including stenosis, strictures and perforation. Rising Star award winner… read more.

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  Faecal microbiota transplant cures C. diff, blocks multi-drug resistant pathogens

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 14 May 2015

  A faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) not only cured a case of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in a 66 year old man; it eliminated populations of multi-drug resistant organisms both… read more.

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  How C. difficile bacteria wreak havoc in guts

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 6 Mar 2015

  In a new paper in the journal Infection and Immunity, the researchers lay out for the first time exactly how C. difficile wreaks havoc on the guts of animals in a… read more.

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  Mucus in CF patients’ leads to deadly infections

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 5 Mar 2015

  Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects one out of every 3,000 children in populations of Northern European descent. One of the key signs of cystic fibrosis… read more.