Courtney Southwick

6 days ago | healthcentral.com | Courtney Southwick

Scientists in South Korea are using machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence (AI), in an attempt to identify specific biomarkers in the blood to help clinicians easily distinguish between Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (UC)—two similar, but still distinct, types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the umbrella term for chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

4 weeks ago | eatingwell.com | Courtney Southwick

From French vanilla to mint chocolate chip, ice cream is many people’s favorite sweet treat regardless of the season. But if you have diabetes, you may wonder if you should avoid it. People with diabetes are advised to limit sweets like ice cream to help keep blood sugar levels in a healthy range. But cutting out all sweets usually isn’t feasible—or necessary.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Courtney Southwick

Reviewed by Dietitian Kelli McGrane, M.S., RDFrom French vanilla to mint chocolate chip, ice cream is many people’s favorite sweet treat regardless of the season. But if you have diabetes, you may wonder if you should avoid it. People with diabetes are advised to limit sweets like ice cream to help keep blood sugar levels in a healthy range. But cutting out all sweets usually isn’t feasible—or necessary.

4 weeks ago | healthcentral.com | Courtney Southwick

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have developed a test to identify which people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at the highest risk of developing bowel cancer. Even better? The new test is reported to be more than 90% accurate. The two types of IBD, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (UC), are chronic inflammatory disorders that both irritate and damage the digestive tract, sometimes requiring surgery to permanently resect the diseased part of the colon.

1 month ago | healthcentral.com | Courtney Southwick

A new study published in March sheds additional light on why some people with the form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) known as Crohn’s, whose inflammation is under control, can still experience lingering symptoms, such as painful cramping and frequent diarrhea. The study expands upon previous research done in 2024, which found that people with lingering symptoms in the absence of inflammation had high amounts of sulfur-producing bacteria in their intestines.