Stanford Children’s Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program

Showcasing our latest study now published. We want to deliver the right medication dose to the right patients. #PersonalizedMedicine One size-fits-all approach to drug dosing is not appropriate (especially in young patients) since each patient is different. ... Check out our free, open-access manuscript here: https://academic.oup.com/ibdjournal/article/24/2/227/4816939

Members of our IBD Center presented and co-lead several components of last week's inaugural Crohns & Colitis Congress: http://www.crohnscolitiscongress.org/C/Public/Content.aspx Many exciting scientific frontiers presented, and here's a snippet of what we saw/heard on diet & IBD: http://www.crohnscolitiscongress.org/C/Public/Content.aspx

Happy New Year everyone! Two really interesting articles to share: 1) A western diet high in salt may cause imbalances in gut bacteria, decreasing beneficial Lactobacillus species. Hypertension and autoimmunity (via T-helper 17 cells) could be *triggered* via this proposed pathway. ... https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24628 2) A diet high in carbohydrates (collectively called FODMAPs) could induce intestinal inflammation by activating gram-negative bacteria to produce lipopolysaccharides (LPS) - endotoxins that are found on certain pro-inflammatory bacteria walls that may illicit our human immunity. https://www.jci.org/articles/view/92390 These two articles REITERATE the importance of what we eat, especially if have #UlcerativeColitis or #Crohns disease. #IBD

More research on how what we eat can affect IBD -- http://journalsblog.gastro.org/does-consumption-of-certai/

Read our latest research from our Center. To date, it is the most comprehensive analysis of real-world costs and use of IBD medications for outpatient care. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apt.14430/full) Why does this study matter? Knowing, discussing, and questioning costs of care in IBD is important. It is particularly important as costs of chronic conditions outpace our budgets -- at the national-, health care system-, and individual-levels. It matters because out-of-pocket costs (to families) matter. It matters because potentially helpful drugs are increasingly difficult to access.