New federal report has state data on COPD

The CDC and NIH have joined forces to publish the first stsate-by-state report on the prevalance of COPD:

http://news.yahoo.com/first-report-showing-state-state-copd-rates-published-234400363.html

New sensor can detect early stages of prostate cancer

Researchers hope to eventually detect this disease at a very early stage:

http://news.yahoo.com/sensitive-sensor-detects-prostate-cancer-early-stages-232100915.html

Scientists say hypertension can age your brain

Researchers point to a link between high blood pressure and brain aging:

http://news.yahoo.com/researchers-high-blood-pressure-brain-aging-160200492.html

Scientists link gene mutation to Alzheimer's disease

It's a rare mutation associated with regulating the body's immune system:

http://news.yahoo.com/rare-gene-mutation-affecting-immunity-linked-alzheimers-232800495.html

Researchers ID new bacteria to fight IBD

Scientists have uncovered a bacteria they believe can fight Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis:

http://news.yahoo.com/bacteria-fight-crohn-ulcerative-colitis-inflammation-221300561.html

Do you have a hiatal hernia?

Here are the symptoms:

http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health-/hiatal-hernia-symptoms.aspx

What Crohn's patients need to know about changing doctors

Sometimes you just need to do it.  But it isn't always easy:

http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health-/information-on-crohn-s-disease--changing-doctors.aspx

IBD and emotions

A disease is far more than a set of physical symptoms and problems:

http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health-/the-emotional-side-of-ibd.aspx