Trillions of microorganisms transit through and reside in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract
each day, collectively producing thousands of small molecules and metabolites with local …

Oxidative stress (OS) is considered as one of the etiologic factors involved in several signals
and symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) that include diarrhea, toxic megacolon …

Background: The contemporary management of ambulatory ulcerative colitis (UC) continues
to be challenging with∼ 20% of children needing a colectomy within childhood years. We …

Welcome to Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Seventh Edition). This
textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the growing field of health psychology. It is …

The specific pathogenesis underlying inflammatory bowel disease is complex, and it is even
more difficult to decipher the pathophysiology to explain for the similarities and differences …

In assessing the best evidence for optimizing management of inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD), the focus is typically on anti-inflammatory agents and therapies that modulate the …

Functional bowel disorders (FBD), mainly irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional
constipation (FC, also called chronic idiopathic constipation), are very common worldwide …

Background: Anacardium occidentale L. is a tropical plant used for the treatment of
inflammatory diseases. The goal of the present work was to investigate the anti-inflammatory …

Objective: We performed a systematic review for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
[CAM] as defined by the National Institute of Health in Inflammatory Bowel Disease [IBD], ie …

Cases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a debilitating intestinal disorder with complex
pathological mechanisms, have been increasing in recent years, straining the capacity of …