Ulcerative Colitis

Opinions vary on how much is enough, but the Journal of the American Dietetic Association reported a few years back that 25 grams a day should do it for a 2,000-calorie diet (30 grams for a 2,500-calorie diet).

Try to get that fiber from food, which is better than taking supplements.

Here are some of many examples: Whole grains - 2 slices of whole-wheat bread or 1 cup of cooked brown rice (4 grams) High-fiber breakfast cereals - 1 cup Raisin Bran (7.5 grams) or ¾ cup cooked oatmeal (3 grams) Beans - ¼ cup kidney beans (3 grams) or ½ cup refried beans on nachos (6 grams) Fruits - 2 cups daily including 1 large apple (4 grams), 1 banana (3 grams) or 1 cup strawberries (4 grams) Veggies - 2½ cups daily including 1 sweet potato (4 grams), 2 cups raw spinach leaves (3 grams) or 1 cup cooked broccoli (4.5 grams) - WEBMD Sources include WebMD, Cleveland Clinic Web site, Jackson Gastroenterology, HealthCastle.com, the Journal of Hypertension and Tulane University Health Sciences Center.

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"But it's something that was a huge character-builder, when you can walk around the racetrack and still perform wearing diapers and have self-dignity." Only one month away from having his colon removed, which would have ended his racing career, Speed found a Viennese doctor with a new treatment for the disease.

Speed has now been symptom-free for more than a year.

Going through those hardships certainly prepared Speed for the difficulties he may face this year, as the only American in the series on a new team which probably will struggle this season.

"Certainly after Bahrain I'm going to have a much clearer picture of what we expect and what we can hope for," Speed said.

"But until then we're really crossing our fingers that it's going to turn out well." Click here and receive 4 weekends of the Journal Star home delivered absolutely FREE!

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This new approval also marks the eighth indication REMICADE has received in the EU for the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory disorders.

The approval of REMICADE for UC is based on data from the ACT 1 and ACT 2 (Active ACT 1 and ACT 2 were multicenter, Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trials conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of REMICADE for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active UC who experienced an inadequate response to conventional therapy."Our research demonstrated that UC patients treated with REMICADE achieved mucosal healing and disease remission while they had failed conventional therapies," said Paul Rutgeerts, MD, PhD, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium and lead investigator of the ACT 2 clinical trial.

"These patients with UC had limited treatment options, with many facing surgery.

REMICADE represents a significant advance for these patients."This approval follows a posit...