by Patricia Stokes, M.S. | Mar 5, 2021 | Diet, Healthcare
Due to long-term steroid use and inflammation, half of all patients with IBD will show a significant reduction of their bone mass during the course of their disease. In this blog, we explain why that is and what you can do to monitor and improve your bone health. If...
by Patricia Stokes, M.S. | Feb 12, 2021 | Healthcare
“CRP, ESR, FCP, oh my!” There’s nothing like a bowl of three-letter alphabet soup to make it feel like we’re not in Kansas anymore. If you’ve been diagnosed with IBD, then you are no stranger to the range of lab work and tests physicians use to monitor IBD and its...
by Patricia Stokes, M.S. | Dec 22, 2020 | Healthcare, Medications
COVID-19 susceptibility for individuals with IBD With the rise of COVID-19 cases in the US, we wanted to shed some light on what this means for individuals with inflammatory bowel disease. Considering that IBD is a condition in which your immune system is...
by Andrew Kornfeld | Jun 22, 2020 | Healthcare
Every day I wake up and I think about human health, and how the systems we have in place fail to prevent, treat, and protect us from the chronic health conditions that are the leading causes of death in the US. Specifically, our healthcare system fails to serve and...
by Andrew Kornfeld | Sep 30, 2019 | Healthcare
Why am I doing this? I can feel the water on my face and in my hair – the early drops of the autumn rains pouring down from the skies like tears. I am feeling the weight of problems in our world, in our country, and in our communities. I feel that we each must pick...
by Andrew Kornfeld | Aug 30, 2019 | Healthcare
What does the future of IBD, medicine, and healthcare look like? This is what the future of IBD, medicine, and healthcare can look like: I had the absolute privilege to record an incredible podcast with two rockstars in our field: Drs. Samir Kakodkar and Lucy Mailing....
