Article: Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Names Two-Time PGA TOUR Champion National Spokesperson.

Ulcerative Colitis.(Colon Disorders)
The Columbia Univ. Coll. of Physicians & Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide;  January 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Ulcerative Colitis Definition Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammation of the rectum and colon with ... the condition. Cause As in Crohn's, persons with ulcerative colitis often have a family history of either ileitis or colitis ...

Article: Ulcerative Colitis
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.;      700+ words ...Ulcerative Colitis Definition Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It ... but the result is a swollen, boggy intestine. In ulcerative colitis, the inflammation affects the lining of the rectum ...

Article: Transdermal nicotine for ulcerative colitis.
Bandolier;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Ulcerative colitis has an incidence of 5-10 per ... study One hundred patients with ulcerative colitis were matched for age and sex with ... were much less likely to have ulcerative colitis (odds ratio 0.13, 95% CI ...

Article: pANCA and classification resistance in ulcerative ...
Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  May 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... the inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) has been ... prognostic implications. To date, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease remain the ... heterogeneity within the clinical spectra of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease based on the ...

Article: P&G's Asacol Receives FDA Clearance for Maintenance of Remission ...
PR Newswire;  August 27, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Asacol for Patients Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis to Help Keep Disease in Remission ... the maintenance of remission of ulcerative colitis (UC). Asacol is already marketed ... of mildly- to moderately- active ulcerative colitis, an indication received in 1992 ...

Article: Ulcerative Colitis Treatment Reduces Need for ...
Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week;  October 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Clinic researchers has found that ulcerative colitis patients had a 41 percent reduction ... see also Monoclonal Antibodies). Ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease ... s disease, another common IBD, ulcerative colitis can be debilitating and often lead ...

Article: Identification of genetic markers for ulcerative ...
NewsRx Health;  February 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... markers associated with risk for ulcerative colitis. The findings, published in the ... of some of the genes that lead to ulcerative colitis are giving us a first look into the ... the lead researchers of the study. Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, relapsing disorder ...