Browsing the blog archives for October, 2007

Another Drug (Rifaximin) as Maintenance Therapy for Mild-Moderate Crohn’s Disease

Another drug to aid in the maintenance of Crohn’s Disease… not a cure, but an alternative. This is a new one to me, so I thought I would share it.. here is a link to the article I found. http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/852571020057CCF68525737E00610EE9It is not approved for treatment, but it appears to be in clinical trials.

Guy Converts H3 Into Hybrid and Gets 60 MPG!

I keep an eye on http://www.digg.com for technical articles and stumbled across and article about a guy “taking stock GM parts and snapping them together in clever new ways” to make a H3 Hummer into a hybrid that gets 60 miles to the gallon – while also getting 2,000 foot-pounds of torque.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/30/14161/066
Take a look… [...]

Crohn’s Disease Resources

These are some Crohn’s Disease resources I gathered a while back. I have not had time to go back and check them, but will and update this post as needed.
Thanks!
-Ben

Crohn’s Resource http://www.crohnsresource.com/
Crohn’s Sanity Support http://www.crohns-sanity.org
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America http://www.ccfa.org
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America – Rocky Mountain Chapter
http://www.ccfa.org/chapters/rockymountain/
Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00104
HealingWell.com [...]

Todd Helton has Crohn’s Disease?

I just stumbled upon some articles that stated Todd Helton (the amazing Colorado Rockies first baseman) was diagnosed with “acute terminal ileitis” back in May of 06. I saw it on several blogs, but this was on the mlb site. It stated “The ailment, acute terminal ileitis, is an infection at the end of the [...]