Here's another newspaper article fyi

katkat

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Posted 2/16/2011 12:58 AM (GMT 0)

I spend too much time on the internet.

http://scicasts.com/lifesciences/1874-bioresearch-disease-studies/3433-29-new-genome-regions-linked-with-ulcerative-colitis

You know sometimes I wonder if UC is a mixture of giardia, cholera and all those sorts of illnesses. IDK, I think way off base sometimes....
don't mind me....I get these thoughts once in a while.

I remember a while back someone telling me they heard that UC is most likely for those living close to the 49th parallel? But that doesn't make sense. I'm thinking again! ...Gotta stop that...

quincy

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Posted 2/16/2011 5:01 AM (GMT 0)

It's not a mixture of bacterial diseases, I think those would have been guessed and crossed off the list of causes for UC. Although many bacterial diseases can mimic UC....or happen in conjunction.

MS is also high along the 49th parallel...is asthma as well?
If one does a search on common diseases along the 49th parellel, UC wouldn't be the only one.

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