Latest Crohns Podcast Episodes
Men's Health and IBD
About IBD - June 25, 2024 04:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThere tend to be more women than men who share their journey with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis). The reasons are challenging to uncover, but what's clear is that more can be done to raise the visibility of men living with an IBD, ostomy, or other digestive...
"Boo Can't Poo!" With Iris Wang, MD
About IBD - June 04, 2024 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDr Iris Wang, assistant professor in the division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Associate Program Director of the GI fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and Amber Tresca discuss the stigma surrounding gut health and poop. Dr Wang shares the experience of writing a chil...
Navigating autoimmune - do your friends think you’re boring?
Autoimmune diet and me - May 26, 2024 03:50 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingscurrently, i am navigating thailand, with crohns and ankylosing spondylitis theres a lot going on - and some of it, im not joining in on does that make us boring? My nutrition channel: http://www.youtube.com/motivweight Did you know I'm a keen writer as well as a blogger and creating the...
The GEM Project With Chantel Wicks
About IBD - May 14, 2024 04:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat is being done to help prevent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the next generation? The Genetic, Environmental, Microbial (GEM) Project is a research study from Crohn's and Colitis Canada (CCC) focused on finding possible causes for Crohn’s disease by following healthy people who are at ...
The Harms of Copay Accumulators
About IBD - April 30, 2024 04:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDid you notice that suddenly one year you started paying more for your healthcare? Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are sometimes treated with medications that are expensive. Manufacturers create programs to help patients afford these drugs. In the beginning, these payments from assistance...
IBD and Somatic Therapy With Abri Bernstein
About IBD - April 16, 2024 04:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsPeople with IBD are more likely to live with anxiety, depression, or other mood disorders than people who don't live with one of these conditions. For that reason, caring for mental health is as important as caring for physical health. But it doesn't always work out that way, as patients may not...
Let's find coping strategies
Autoimmune diet and me - March 29, 2024 08:14 ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMy nutrition channel: http://www.youtube.com/motivweight Did you know I'm a keen writer as well as a blogger and creating these videos? My romance novel now out on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LusherLife Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/louiseusherwrites Twitter: http://www.tw...
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month With Dan "Dry Dock" Shockley
About IBD - March 26, 2024 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDiagnosed with attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP), retired Navy veteran Dan "Dry Dock" Shockley shares his remarkable journey of service, diagnosis, and advocacy. Following his diagnosis, Shockley became a passionate advocate for early detection and reducing the stigma associated w...
Making Crohn's Disease Funny With Matt Nagin
About IBD - February 13, 2024 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWe can hold two truths: Crohn’s disease is funny. It is also not funny. I speak with Matt Nagin, who has many talents, but we focus on his work as a comedian and actor living with Crohn’s disease. Our discussion focuses on how people need laughter and comedy in their lives. Yet, living with an i...
Amber's Year in Books 2023
About IBD - January 30, 2024 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat did you read over the past year? If you made a reading goal: did you hit it? The books I read in 2023 included biographies, fantasy, fiction, and romance. Plus, I had several authors who live with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis on the show this year, so I read their books as well. He...
IBD Connect With Lisa Fournier
About IBD - January 16, 2024 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsA diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, IBD) affects the entire family. When it’s a child that’s diagnosed, it changes so many things and brings a host of challenges. Families experience many unmet needs related to IBD. My guest is Lisa Fournier of IBD Con...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and IBD With Stephanie Brenner, LCSW, MSW
About IBD - December 19, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsMy guest is Stephanie Brenner of Chronic Illness Psychotherapy. Stephanie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has experience in working with clients with chronic illnesses. She has also taken on a variety of roles in GI space, including previously serving on both the advisory team for the P...
IBD in the Hispanic Community With Oriana Damas, MD
About IBD - December 05, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsAs an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and the Director of Translational Studies for the Crohn’s and Colitis Center, Dr. Damas sheds light on the misconception that IBD only affects certain ethnicities. Her ...
Positivity Beats IBD With Josef Miller
About IBD - November 28, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat is it like to be a teen living with Crohn’s disease? If you’re like Josef Miller, you channel the challenges of the diagnosis and management of IBD into action. Josef has written a book about his experiences, entitled "The Purple Rose," and created an initiative called "Positivity Beats IBD...
Designer $hit: A Microbiome Love Story With Saffron Cassaday
About IBD - November 14, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat options are you wiling to try to manage your ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease? How about putting someone else’s stool into your own colon? Fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) — using stool from a donor to repopulate bacteria in the colon — are being studied for use in treating inflamma...
Coping With IBD While in Military Service With Dr Anish Patel
About IBD - November 08, 2023 22:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat do all the new oral drugs available for treating IBD have to do with military service? Being diagnosed with IBD might mean leaving the military for some service members. Part of the reason is that it’s not possible to be deployed while receiving a drug that’s an injection or an infusion. Bu...
That's So: Designer $hit documentary (an interview with director Saffron Cassaday)
That's So Chronic - October 30, 2023 17:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIt’s the final Tuesday of the month which means it’s time for a That’s So episode! A chance to chat about a piece of content that’s in our That’s So Chronic world. Today, we’re chatting about the feature documentary Designer $hit directed by Saffron Cassaday. In Designer $hit, director Saffro...
Learning to Accept IBD
About IBD - October 24, 2023 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsBeing diagnosed with a chronic condition is a major adjustment. Digestive conditions like IBD (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) wind up affecting every part of our lives. Learning to accept the ways in which the disease affects life can be helpful. But it’s important to make the distinc...
IBD and Menopause
About IBD - October 17, 2023 04:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsMenopause is a topic that's not well understood in general and there's even less information when it comes to menopause and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis). October is World menopause Awareness Month. World Menopause Day is on October 18 every year. The p...
Miranda Allen & Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
That's So Chronic - October 09, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHappy Tuesday! When I was passing through London, UK in July I was able to sit down and chat with Miranda Allen about her diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) In this episode, Miranda looks back with hindsight and explains where it’s possible her symptoms b...
Markus Birdman & 2 Strokes and Homonymous Hemianopia
That's So Chronic - October 02, 2023 17:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWelcome back to That’s So Chronic! Today - in the middle of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - I was able to sit down with comedian Markus Birdman, to chat about his experience of having two strokes, as well as living with a diagnosis of homonymous hemianopia. In this episode Markus explains how ...
Having a Screening Colonoscopy
About IBD - September 26, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsColon cancer is being diagnosed more frequently in younger people. It’s now recommended that most people get a screening colonoscopy at the age of 45. For people who have a family history of colon cancer, the first screening should be when they are 10 years younger than the family member was wh...
That's So: The Surgeons' Hall Museums (and the Blood & Guts Walking Tour)
That's So Chronic - September 25, 2023 17:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWelcome back to That’s So Chronic! It’s the final Tuesday of the month which means it’s time for a That’s So episode, where we chat about something that’s in our That’s So Chronic world. Today, we’re chatting about The Surgeons’ Hall Museums and the Blood & Guts: The Twists and Turns of Edinb...
Managing IBD Diet and Lifestyle With Clemmie Oliver
About IBD - September 12, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDiet does matter in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Not only in how it affects the digestive system, but also in overall health. Adults with IBD have greater incidences of heart disease, lung disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, kidney disease, liver disease, and ulcers than do people without...
Jo Prendergast & Breast Cancer
That's So Chronic - September 11, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWelcome to That’s So Chronic!. Today I am chatting to psychiatrist, comedian, and author Dr Jo Prendergast about her diagnosis of breast cancer, as well as her latest book When Life Sucks. In this episode, Jo talks us through her breast cancer diagnosis and what happened next. We chat about t...
Dr Saimun Singla & Rheumatoid Arthritis
That's So Chronic - September 04, 2023 18:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWelcome back to That's So Chronic! Today I am joined by Dr Saimun Singla and we are discussing her diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis as well as her work as a paediatric rheumatologist and integrative medicine physician. In this episode, Dr Saimun shares her story of working for years in rheum...
That's So: The D*List (with editor Olivia Shivas)
That's So Chronic - August 30, 2023 15:42 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWelcome to That's So Chronic. It’s the final Tuesday of the month, which means it’s time for another That’s So episode. Today I am chatting to Olivia Shivas, the editor of The D*List - the home of disability culture in Aotearoa. The D*List is an online culture magazine that creates space for d...
Nick Allen & Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and Fibromyalgia
That's So Chronic - August 21, 2023 18:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday I am chatting to Nick Allen who is living with a diagnosis of functional neurological disorder (FND) and fibromyalgia. However, this was not always the case… In this episode Nick talks us through the long process of initially being diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis, a...
Audrey Zannese & Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
That's So Chronic - August 14, 2023 18:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIt’s my favourite day of the week again! Welcome back to That’s So Chronic! Today’s episode is with Audrey Zannese and we are discussing her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). In this episode Audrey opens up about how in denial she was when she first heard that her symptoms might be MS, and...
Where to Invest Money: Healthcare Disparities in IBD
About IBD - August 08, 2023 04:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects people from all ethnic and cultural groups. In this limited series, we'll explore how inequalities in the healthcare system affect people from diverse backgrounds. One of the barriers to addressing disparities is money. It's an unfortunate fact that the...