Fecal Transplant, information about a cure for Ulcerative Colitis

FMT safe donor bank fundraiser

Fecal microbiota transplant is the most effective treatment for Clostridium Difficile and can help other illnesses like idiopathic Ulcerative Colitis like it did for me. However finding a safe, suitable donor for this can be difficult for many people. This fundraising campaign seeks funds to

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Fecal Transplants frozen just as successful as fresh

Here is some good news for people who don’t have a donor close to where they live. A pilot study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may lead to greater availability and acceptability of an unusual treatment for a serious medical problem – use of

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Fecal Transplant Bank Has Opened

This comes from Jezebell. The Nation’s First Poop Transplant Bank Has Opened Openbiome is the non-profit organization which is organizing this donor bank. While this article makes light of fecal transplants as “poop transplants, it gives a good brief description of fecal transplants and its benefits for

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Dr Oz discusses fecal transplants

This aired earlier this year. While in this segment Dr. Oz primarily focuses on using fecal transplants to treat C. diff infections he gives a great succinct animated description about how fecal transplants work. http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/americas-wackiest-health-trends-tested?video_id=2389768108001

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