Research predicts increase in inflammatory bowel disease in developing world

(University of Calgary) For the last century, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been a challenge for patients and the medical community in the western world. New research published today in The Lancet by Dr. Gilaad Kaplan shows that countries outside the western world may now be facing the same pattern of increasing IBD rates.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news