Nutrient cocktail for astronauts can put Crohn's into remission »

Posted By IsraGeek 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology

A nutrient cocktail developed for astronauts has been shown to put Crohn's into remission in children at a 60-70% success rate without the side effects of steroid-based drugs.

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    engineer4 months, 3 weeks ago

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    That'll solve many, many problems

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      thoughtforsale4 months, 3 weeks ago

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      Morbus Crohn is such a terrible and painful illness that I´m happy to read there might be help, at least for children suffering from it! Replacing normal food by nutrient drinks must be awful, but if it makes the patients feeling better, that´s perhaps a sufficient reward.

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        MisterX4 months, 3 weeks ago

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        Where do you get it, though?

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