Medical Inspection – Health Blog

Complementary and alternative medicine use by patients with inflammatory bowel disease: An Internet survey Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is increasing in Western countries. Astin re­ported that 40% of American adults had used some form of CAM in the previous year. CAM differs from conven­tional medicine in many important ways, including beliefs about disease [...]

The most striking finding in this study was the overall, about three to one, preponderance of patients with ulcerative coli­tis versus Crohn’s disease. This is consistent with observa­tions for South Asian immigrants in the United Kingdom.  In the latter report, adults from two hospitals (East Bir­mingham Hospital, the Bradford Royal Infirmary) and chil­dren (St Bartholomew’s [...]