MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'inflammatory bowel disease'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984451&cid=t_106698_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdoes-accutane-cause-inflammatory-bowel-disease-the-evidence-is-weak%2F2011.06.29 At home the kids’ current TV show of choice is How I Met Your Mother, supplanting Scrubs as the veg out show in the evening. Both shows are always on a cable channel somewhere and are often broadcast late at night. Late night commercials can be curious, and as I work on projects, I watch the shows and commercials out of the corner of my eye. Law firms trolling for business seem common. If you or a family member has had a serious stroke, heart attack or death from Avandia, call now. The non-serious deaths? I suppose do not bother. One ad in particular caught my eye: anyone who developed ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease (collectively referred to inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD) after using Accutane, call now. Millions have been awarded. My eye may have been caught because of ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984451 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:00:47 +0100 4984451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4847958&cid=t_106698_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Finflammatory-bowel-disease-puts-patients-at-risk-for-some-skin-cancers%2F2011.05.20 I stumbled across this review article (first full reference below) earlier this week. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States.  Most skin cancers form in older people on parts of the body exposed to the sun or in people who have weakened immune systems (such as inflammatory bowel disease patients on immunosuppressive therapy). According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), in there were more than one million new cases of nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC) in the United States in 2010.  There were less than 1,000 NMSC deaths during the same time. NMSC includes  squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC).   Both occur more frequently on sunlight-exposed areas such as the head and neck. BCC is far more common than SCC and accounts for approxim... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4847958 Fri, 20 May 2011 14:00:00 +0100 4847958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696952&cid=t_106698_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FZQ07CF6t0yY%2F For actor James Marshall, his latest appearance offered an unhappy ending. A New Jersey state court jury late last week denied his claim that he developed inflammatory bowel disease after using the Accutane acne med once sold by Roche. His colon was subsequently removed and he sued the drugmaker for $30 million, charging the pill derailed a once-promising acting career. To bolster his case, Marshall relied on testimony from director Rob Reiner and actor Martin Sheen (yes, his son is Charlie Sheen), a move that generated an unusual degree of attention for a product-liability lawsuit involving a prescription med. His Hollywood pals volunteered that Marshall, 42, was headed for stardom before his ailments upended his career. But the jury decided Marshall had a pre-existing intestinal conditio... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696952 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:49:08 +0100 4696952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4464701&cid=t_106698_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FbUj0HjKisYk%2F The usual interplay between Hollywood and drugmakers occurs when a celebrity endorses a drug. Now, though, Roche is about to encounter a Hollywood experience of an entirely different sort - James Marshall, who played a US Marine in the 1992 hit film ‘A Few Good Men,’ claims his acting career was derailed after he used the Accutane acne pill and developed inflammatory bowel disease. His colon was subsequently removed and he is suing the drugmaker for $30 million $11 million in lost earnings. His trial, and two others, start next week in a New Jersey courtroom and the spectacle is likely to cause a side effect of its own - attention on product liability litigation in ways that previous lawsuits have not generated. For all of the thousands of such lawsuits filed against drugmakers in rec... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4464701 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:38:19 +0100 4464701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3994362&cid=t_106698_155_f&fid=38412&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpathlabmed.typepad.com%2Fsurgical_pathology_and_la%2F2010%2F09%2Fgenomics-and-inflammatory-bowel-disease.html This study identified 75 independent susceptibility loci associated with UC, including all previously identified susceptibility loci and 20 new loci that appear to be UC-specfic.  Interestingly, about half of the 75 loci have previously been associated with CD and of the ~45 putative novel loci, 25 have previously been associated with other autoimmune chronic inflammatory diseases.  These results strongly support the hypothesis that certain biological pathways are common between inflammatory diseases.  Although the Consortium currently testing all novel loci in an independent group of UC patients, preliminary results provide convincing evidence of association to genes with likely biological significance to disease pathogenesis, including TNFRSF14, JAK2, and CARD9. T... The Daily Sign-Out blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3994362 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:43:00 +0100 3994362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3831559&cid=t_106698_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F0LpYE6xQNAk%2F Just as Roche faced the unsettling prospect of going to court against a Hollywood star over side effects linked to its Accutane acne pill, the drugmaker has won an important victory. A New Jersey appeals court reversed a $10.6 million verdict, because a lower-court judge improperly barred evidence about the use of the controversial medication. The upshot is that Roche’s lawyers should have been able to present data during a 2008 trial about how many acne sufferers used Accutane, which was blamed for causing a Utah woman to develop inflammatory bowel disease. Moreover, the decision prompted a delay in the trial this week of actor James Marshall, who made the same allegations (see here). This was first reported by Bloomberg News. “Roche was unduly impeded at this trial from adducing and ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3831559 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:33:27 +0100 3831559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3813205&cid=t_106698_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FZWj--7jBgN8%2F The usual interaction between Hollywood and the pharmaceutical industry takes place when a celebrity endorses a drug. Roche, for instance, has successfully employed Sally Fields to promote its Boniva med for osteoporosis. Now, though, Roche is about to encounter a Hollywood experience of an entirely different sort - James Marshall, who played a US Marine in the 1992 hit film ‘A Few Good Men,’ claims his acting career was derailed after he used the Accutane acne pill and developed inflammatory bowel disease. His colon was subsequently removed and he is suing the drugmaker for $11 million. His trial starts this week in a New Jersey courtroom and the spectacle is likely to cause a side effect of its own - attention on product liability litigation in ways that previous lawsuits ha... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3813205 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:52:06 +0100 3813205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280192&cid=t_106698_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FGC58szRMfaQ%2F Andrew McCarrell, 38, won a jury verdict at a retrial in Atlantic City, N.J. An appeals court ordered a new trial, having overturned a $2.6 million award he won in May 2007. McCarrell, a computer technician from Birmingham, Al., testified he developed inflammatory bowel disease after taking Accutane for acne in 1995. He needed five surgeries, including one to remove his colon. The verdict was the largest of six for Accutane users who won awards totaling $56 million, Bloomberg News notes. Roche lost every case, although a Florida appeals court overturned one judgment for $7.2 million. In each case, plaintiffs claimed Roche failed to warn adequately of the risks (background on links to IBD). Roche, which intends to appeal the verdict, stopped selling Accutane in June 2009, citing generic com... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280192 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:56:06 +0100 3280192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2934948&cid=t_106698_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F0KaJ01YfSO8%2F A three-judge panel has reversed a $7 million judgment against Hoffman-La Roche, which sold Accutane. A federal court ruled yesterday in favor of the drug maker and against a Pensacola, Fl., man who had most of his colon removed due to inflammatory bowel disease linked to the acne drug, the Associated Press reports. The unanimous opinion said the patient, Adam Mason, failed to prove an allegedly deficient warning label was the proximate cause of his ailment. Mason had argued warning that Accutane was “temporally associated” with inflammatory bowel disease was too weak. But his dermatologist testified he would have prescribed the drug even if the warning had been stronger. Last June, Roche withdrew Accutane, citing generic competition and the cost of product liability litigation... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2934948 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:07:32 +0100 2934948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416363&cid=t_106698_155_f&fid=38410&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FOncopathology%2F%7E3%2FNSpviQMc4Yk%2Fdysplasia-in-inflammatory-bowel-disease.html As we all know, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) presents a risk for dysplasia and subsequent malignancy in patients with long standing disease.The risk for adenocarcinoma increases with a number of factors including the linear extent of disease within the bowel, early age at onset of disease, severity of disease and duration of disease. The pathologic reporting of endoscopic biopsy specimens with inflammatory bowel disease must convey the information the clinician needs in a clear and consistent manner in order to properly manage the patient's disease. Every biopsy report should, of course, give an assessment of the disease activity and distribution. In addition, the pathologist must render an opinion on the presence or absence of dysplasia. The "second line" diagnosis must r... Oncopathology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416363 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:39:00 +0100 3416363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447729&cid=t_106698_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FmSTVYgVLaXE%2F A study looking at food poisoning (salmonella and campylobacter) found that people who had one or the other had a higher risk (1.2%) of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than those who never had food poisoning (0.5%). These findings were presented to doctors and researchers at the annual Digestive Diseases Week. Results showed that the risk for developing IBD grew over a 15-year period after having the food poisoning. The researchers, in Denmark, looked at the histories of over 13,000 people who had been treated for either type of food poisoning and compared them with people who had not become ill with either type of infection. IBD is a term that covers two bowel diseases : Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. At this point, researchers don’t know what causes them ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447729 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:17 +0100 2447729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2381353&cid=t_106698_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FlmKV_R39ZeE%2F If you’ve ever experienced abdominal cramping due to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn’s disease or any other problems with the intestines, you know that they can be truly incapacitating. How do I know? I was hit yet again this week. It had been a while since I had such bad cramping. While I  used to usually experience pain of about 7 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the worst ever, I think this week’s was 9, if not 10. And it just started out of the blue. But when do you need to see a doctor for something like this? My daughter was very concerned. She’s 20 and has experienced severe abdominal pain from appendicitis to gall bladder, so she was worried that I had something equally serious. Me, being me, knew that it wasn&#82... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2381353 Fri, 01 May 2009 01:42:17 +0100 2381353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1720556&cid=t_106698_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F369954815%2F A federal appeals court will soon decide whether to allow testimony from an expert witness who sought to show that the Accutane acne med causes a chronic bowel disorder, the Associated Press writes. Yesterday, attorneys urged a three-judge panel to admit the testimony from the expert, which is central to their argument that the prescription drug causes inflammatory bowel disease. For its part, Roche contends Accutane is not connected to the disease and that the expert made “leaps of faith” in trying to track a connection between the two. The case is the latest in a wave of lawsuits that accuse Roche of downplaying a link between Accutane and inflammatory bowel disease. Plaintiffs lawyers have already won a trio of multi-million dollar jury awards, and they say they have hundred... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1720556 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:02:50 +0100 1720556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1392577&cid=t_106698_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F275682655%2F A New Jersey state court jury today awarded $10.6 million in compensation to a Utah woman who claims to have developed inflammatory bowel disease from taking Roche’s Accutane acne drug, according to Mealey’s. The nine-member jury in the Atlantic County Superior Court ruled that the pill cause IBD, and Hoffman-La Roche failed to adequately warn the plaintiff, Kamie Kendall and her doctor, about Accutane’s IBD risks before April 1999. As a result, the failure to warn was the proximate cause of Kendall’s IBD. The jury voted 9-0 on those three questions, and voted 7-2 to award compensation of $78,500 for past medical expenses and $10.5 million in unspecified compensation. A source told Mealey that Judge Carol Higbee denied a motion to award punitive damages. Kendall’s case w... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1392577 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:14:24 +0100 1392577