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About IBD Podcast Episode Cover - Episode 93 - Motherhood Unplugged With Natalie Hayden

About IBD Podcast Episode 93 – Motherhood Unplugged With Natalie Hayden

It’s one thing to talk to your physicians about becoming pregnant when you live with ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease. But what about  getting the benefit of experiences from the mothers who have been through a pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding journey? Former news anchor and current blogger and Crohn’s patient Natalie Hayden gives her experiences with pregnancy and receiving biologics, as well as how she has participated in research during her pregnancies and the benefits it offers her family.

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Episode 45 - Where Do We Go From Here_

About IBD Podcast Episode 45 – Where Do We Go From Here?

What’s new in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatments and what’s next on the horizon? Dr Peter Higgins, a gastroenterologist, IBD specialist, and researcher at the University of Michigan discusses what’s new in IBD from the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress meeting in 2019. We talk fecal transplants, healing strictures in the intestines, and the feasibility of custom ostomy products. It’s a conversation about cutting edge research on Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis mixed with the practicality of using these treatments in the real world.

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About IBD Podcast 34 – How to Apply Critical Thinking to Reporting on IBD

The internet runs on advertising, which means that editors and writers are often tasked with getting the most possible eyeballs on their story. That can mean that there’s pressure to write a controversial or sensational headline to get those clicks. In this episode, I invite veteran medical writer and university instructor, Shereen Lehman, to weigh in and tell you how to figure out if a story about IBD is good reporting — or if it’s crap.

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June Twitter Chat Promo

June IBD Moms Twitter Chat: Clinical Trials

What’s a Twitter Chat?

A Twitter chat is a way for Twitter users to gather together at the same time and talk about a particular topic. In this case, we’re moms who have IBD and we want to discuss clinical trials. Our co-host this month is Clara Health, a group focused on making it easier for patients and families to access breakthrough treatments. By searching for, or clicking on, the hashtag, #IBDMoms and #PatientsHavePower you can follow along with all the posts using that tag. In this way, you can see the conversation and also take part.

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About IBD Podcast 7 – Michael Osso – Crohns & Colitis Foundation

On this episode of About IBD, I talk with Michael Osso of Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and learn how important clinical trials are to patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, including how we can do better to ensure trials are completed. This podcast will answer many of your questions about clinical trials, plus we discuss the brand new resource the Foundation has launching later this month!

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