Inflammatory bowel disease on the rise in specific populations
Monday, June 1, 2009 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
CHICAGO, IL (June 1, 2009) -- Researchers are making great strides in understanding the development and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, a chronic inflammatory condition of the digestive tract that affects more than a half million Americans, according to several studies being presented at Digestive Disease Week® 2009 (DDW®).
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