Upset stomach: Crohn’s disease or something else?

An upset stomach can have many causes, including Crohn’s disease.

Low MCHC in blood tests: Symptoms and causes

Determining the cause of a low MCHC can help a doctor evaluate the cause and severity of anemia. Learn more about MCHC tests in this article.

Increasing The Convenience Of Fruit May Increase Consumption In School Cafeterias

Previous studies and surveys have shown that kids love to eat fruit in ready-to-eat bite-sized pieces, yet in most school settings, the fruit is served whole, which could be the cause that children are taking fruits but not eating them. Most people believe that children avoid fruit because of the taste and allure of alternative packaged snacks…

Study Suggests Obesity Is Due To Increased Food Consumption, Not Decreased Energy Expenditure

Modern lifestyles are generally quite different from those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, a fact that some claim as the cause of the current rise in global obesity, but new results published in the open access journal PLoS ONE find that there is no difference between the energy expenditure of modern hunter-gatherers and Westerners, casting doubt on this theory…

Prostate Cancer Risk Higher For Heavy Tea Drinkers

A new study from Scotland has found that men who are heavy tea drinkers may be at higher risk for prostate cancer. However, the researchers point out their study was not designed to find causes, so all they can say is that heavy tea drinking is linked to a higher risk for prostate cancer and not necessarily the cause of it…

Lowering Phosphate Intake In Humans Can Reduce Heart Disease, According To Research By Experts At The University Of Sheffield.

This is the first time the connection between a high phosphate diet and atherosclerosis – the cause of heart disease – has been proven. The findings have been published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (2 June 2011)…

Investigation Linked Muscle, Kidney Problems To Kava Tea

When a 34-year-old bicyclist was found collapsed on a roadside and rushed to the University of Rochester Medical Center emergency room on the verge of kidney failure and muscle breakdown, doctors were surprised to discover that a trendy tea derived from the kava plant was the cause of his ills…

Vitamin D Absorption Is Diminished In Patients With Crohn’s Disease

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have for the first time shown that reduced vitamin D absorption in patients with quiescent Crohn’s disease (CD) may be the cause for their increased risk for vitamin D deficiency…