Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Research conducted at E.I. Benchimol and co-authors has provided new information about inflammatory bowel disease

Published in Hospital Business Week, January 13th, 2008

"The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of calcium and vitamin D, supplementation on bone mineral density (BMD) in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This was an open-label, prospective study conducted over a 12-month period," scientists in Ottawa, Canada report.

"Seventy-two patients were divided into 2 groups based on lumbar spine areal BMD (L2-4 aBMD). Patients with an L2-4 aBMD z score of -1 or higher were assigned to the control group (n = 33; mean age, 11.0 +/- 3.5 years; 20 boys). Patients with an L2-4 aBMD of less than -1 (n = 39; mean age 11.8 +/- 2.5 years; 25 boys) were allocated to the intervention group and received 1000 mg of...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2008-01-13)

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