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*Special Guest Post* Guts of Fury – The IBD Graphic Novel
Guts of Fury – The IBD Graphic Novel Author: Amber Elder, Blogger & IBD Advocate at ColitisNinja.com How do you explain what Inflammatory Bowel Disease is to your family, friends and coworkers in? Talking about chronic diseases isn’t easy… but a disease that includes symptoms like diarrhea and constipation? That’s really difficult to explain. People latch on…
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CCFA IBD Patient Education Event Recap.
A few months ago I was asked by the Mississippi-Louisiana CCFA Chapter if I would come present at their IBD patient education event down in Louisana about IBD Research. As a current graduate student pursuing a career in scientific research this was a great opportunity for me to switch from my patient advocacy work into…
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2016 Patient & Family Education Conference, Metairie Louisiana June 11th
Hey guys! On June 11th I will be down in Metairie Louisiana at the 2016 CCFA Patient & Family Education Conference. I was asked to come speak about IBD Research, since I am currently in graduate school working on my Master’s and pursuing a PhD in Immunology. If you are in the area we would…
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Understanding how Gut Dysbiosis contributes to disease
I submitted my follow up post to health central about the gut microbiome. This time discussing how it can contribute to disease. Check it out below. Understanding how Gut Dysbiosis contributes to disease.
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Welcome to the new Website!
Hey guys! Happy World IBD Day! Welcome to my new Blog/Website! It has been a long time coming. I finally can get all of my health advocacy work, personal blog and scientific posts in one place including my facebook page and twitter feed. Im extremely excited about it! I have sectioned off the About me…
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Hip Replacements- 3 years later, Where are they now?
So, today marks the three year anniversary to me having my very first Total Hip Replacement. For those of you who do not know I had to have both of my hips totally replaced 3 years ago at 20 years of age. I know I update every year, and to some people Hip Replacements aren’t…
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Crohn’s Disease, Graduate School and Research.
I have not blogged in a while and for the most part that reason is due to being so busy, and also because blogging for me takes some time. Wanted to post an update about what has been going on in my life recently and my world of Crohn’s Disease, starting Graduate School and working…
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School, Finals, Stress and Crohn’s Disease
So, I just finished my fall semester of my Senior year in college and it feels awesome to be done for a few weeks before starting back my last semester as undergraduate and graduating in May! But, at the end of every semester I like to blog about the semester, how it went and issues…
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FITNESS AND IBD, YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED – By Liz Joyce
FITNESS AND IBD, YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Medications, diet and stress relief are a few incredible tools for dealing with IBD. I am so excited to talk with you about WHAT YOU CAN DO to fight for your health using exercise. I see a huge range of clients, current age range of 20-78, a huge spectrum…