Scientists have been asked to investigate a possible link between eating meat and Crohn's disease, a debilitating illness affecting 100,000 Britons. A study of the diets and lifestyles of 218 patients has revealed a statistical association with eating beef or canned meat such as corned beef. (The Guardian)

December 29, 2004

"Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have found a faulty genetic signaling process that may help explain how Crohn's disease develops."

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November 02, 2004

"Patients are receiving initial diagnosis of celiac disease at an older age and with a shorter duration of symptoms."

"A bacterium that causes intestinal illness in cattle and sheep could also be responsible for Crohn's disease."

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