Intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's Disease have similarities and Crohn's patients tend to respond well to treatments for intestinal TB.
To that end it has, partly through acquisitions, amassed a portfolio of more than 40 drugs, either approved or under development, aimed at such ills as Alzheimer's and Crohn's disease.
But researchers are investigating whether Johne's is linked to Crohn's disease in humans.
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It's worse for me because I have a stomach problem, Crohn's disease.
Based on the results of Smarr's previous colonoscopy, his doctor said he couldn't possibly have Crohn's disease.
Professor John Hermon-Taylor, head of surgery at St George's Hospital in London, believes the bacterium can be linked to both Crohn's disease and an almost identical condition in cattle.
And there are other promising Alzheimer's drugs in the pipeline as well as a treatment for multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease, called Antegren, that is being developed with Biogen (nasdaq: BGEN - news - people).
The widest experience that most have in this area has been in the treatment of traveler's diarrhea, antibiotic-associated diarrhea and the inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease).
Geography and the gut: Women who live in northern U.S. states in their early adulthood are more likely than their southern counterparts to develop Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, according to a study in Gut.
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There are other Alzheimer's drugs in the pipeline, for instance, as well as a treatment for multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease, Antegren, that is being developed with Biogen (nasdaq: BGEN - news - people ).
It is already on the market to treat rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease, a gastrointestinal disorder.
Putting all the data together, Sandborn determined Smarr was likely to have early Crohn's disease.
This identified seasonal variations in the onset of ulcerative colitis, but not of Crohn's disease.
Even the Crohn's disease drug is back on track and is now in late-stage trials.
Ulcerative colitis is limited to the colon, while Crohn's disease can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract.
Crohn's disease (also suspected of being caused by bacteria) is an inflammation of the bowel.
He says studies have found traces of the bacteria in the bowel lining of patients with Crohn's.
Still others were diagnosed with long-term health conditions such as Crohn's disease, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid disorders.
But she said research had repeatedly shown that the vaccine was not linked to autism or Crohn's disease.
However, a UK expert questioned whether vitamin D was the principal factor behind the high rates of Crohn's disease.
While Crohn's disease itself is not terminal, the complications often result in death.
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Abbott Laboratories' Humira, for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and Crohn's disease, has been one of the pharmaceutical industry's biggest success stories.
But a medicine for Crohn's disease and two lung cancer drugs, developed separately with Eli Lilly and Novartis, flamed out.
The standard treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's and ulcerative colitis is through steroids, which help reduce the inflammation.
Early on, doctors thought he had Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, but that turned out not to be the case.
Among the 175, 000-plus women who reported their residence in 1992, there were 257 cases of Crohn's and 313 cases of ulcerative colitis.
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There are many, many drugs and some forms of chemotherapy treatments that may bring about remission in Crohn's cases but no guarantees.
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The mycobacteria thought to be responsible for the disease are said to be present in around a half of Crohn's Disease patients.
Crohn's is an inflammatory bowel disease characterised by chronic, sometimes crippling, diarrhoea.
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He also pointed out that ricketts, a disease caused by vitamin D deficiency, has virtually disappeared in recent years, while Crohn's has soared.
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