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Intestinal ultrasound effectively measures bowel wall thickness, endoscopic disease

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Intestinal ultrasound offers in-clinic visualization of the bowel for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis patients

For more than a decade, Sharon Rosati-Wilkie needed a yearly colonoscopy to help manage her Crohn’s disease. Now she has something far better – the University of Chicago Medicine’s new, ...
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A new ultrasound technology is revolutionizing IBD care at UNC School of Medicine

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – For gastroenterologists, getting eyes on the gut traditionally requires timely MRI testing or endoscopy procedures. Patients grappling with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) must ...
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There’s a more humane way to monitor Crohn’s and colitis patients

Joe Bojanowski, 56, has had exactly one colonoscopy – and, not surprisingly, it made him grateful he hasn’t needed more. If he’d been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) much earlier than ...