Jerome Weiss

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• Pancreatic Cancer: Get the Facts

  What is Pancreatic Cancer: Get the FactsHere are a few facts on pancreatic cancer.What is the pancreas?The pancreas is a gland. It has an extremely important role to play in your body's functioning. It is responsible for regulating your blood sugar levels. What is a cancer?Usually, your body...

• Celiac Disease Patients do not Experience More Depression

  A new study found that those with celiac disease are no longer more likely to become depressed or experience sleep difficulty as compared to the whole population. This new study was based on a national health survey. The study also showed that people who observe gluten-free diet and have not been...

• The Health Benefits of Fermented Foods

  What is Fermented Food?Fermented food involves the process of fermentation where food is exposed to bacteria, yeast, or a combination of these microbes. This food is then broken down to lactic acid, which allows the microbes to enter through the air in the environment. Lactic acid protects us and...

• The Most Common Crohn's and Colitis Food Triggers

  Crohn’s and Colitis can be difficult to live with, to say the least. And because there is currently no known cure, the only way to keep this disease in remission is to avoid any flare ups. While your battle plan will always begin with your doctor’s recommendations, such as medications, there are...

• Gluten-Sniffing Dogs for Celiac Disease Patients

  When you think of a loyal and friendly pet, the first animal that comes to mind is most likely a dog. Countless are the things dogs can do for us. From military, sense of dangers, protection, guiding and as well as being our best companions, a dog has value on all sorts of levels. They are powerful....

• How Mild Food Poisoning Could Trigger Colitis

  A recent study, published in the journal Science, suggests that an individual’s past history of minor bacterial infections, as in the case of mild food poisoning, could add up a chain of events with age and lead to chronic inflammation and potentially life-threatening colitis (inflammation of the...