Newsletters

The CCSG publishes two types of newsletters; local and national. Here in Auckland the local newsletter is CCSG News. A national newsletter Gut Feeling contains a greater amount of medical input and opinion as well as news from the CCSGs from all over NZ*. The CCSG also produces an occasional information sheet called IBD Notes (Auckland members only).

Your letters and feedback are welcome. Letters should not be any more than 250 words long and the editors reserve the right to edit submissions for length and clarity. Not all letters will be published.

Please include your contact details on all correspondence. Unsigned letters will not be published.

Write to: Letters, PO Box 28 487, Remuera, Auckland, NZ,

or email the CCSG.

*Not currently available - check back soon

CCSG News is published quarterly. It advertises public meetings, provides information about CCSG Services and publishes members' letters. It's main functions are:

1. to inform members about the CCSG Library and new books with reviews and ratings;
2. advertise local support group meetings;
3. report on local activities, and;
4. be a forum for members' input.

The following sections are online.

The following content is sourced from CCSG News Volume 7/34 and volume 8, issues 35, 36, 37 & 38.

Notes from Public Meetings

• Blood Tests, Biopsies and Specimens - Dr Lyndsae Wheen (Pathologist, Middlemore Hospital)
• Issues in the Management of Paediatric IBD - Ferring IBD Symposium
• An Evening with Dr Mark Lane (CCSG Patron and gastroenterologist)
• See Archive for more articles

Book Reviews

• Positive Options for Crohn's Disease: Self Help and Treatment - Joan Gomez (reviewed by Staff Writer)
• The Culinary Couple's Creative Colitis Cookbook - Denise and Ross Weale (reviewed by Staff Writer)
• Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired - P. Donohue & M. Siegel
• Ask Audrey - Audrey Kron
• Will of Iron - P. Nielsen
• IBD: A Guide for Patients and Their Families - S. Stein & R. Rood
• See CCSG Library pages for more reviews

Research News

• See Archive for articles

Other Articles

• Chicken Pox and Crohn's Disease - What are the risks?
• Glossary of IBD Terms
• IBD and the Internet - Humour
• Alternative Therapy Used by Almost 40% of CCSG Members

The Last Word

• Health Services Directory
• Stress Management Techniques
• Medical Terms and Definitions
• The 10 Commandments for Reducing Stress
• Brain Teasers and Solutions
• Things You Don't Want To Hear During Surgery
• Top 5 Reasons Computers Must be Male/Female
• Cartoon - IBD and the Internet

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The following content is sourced from Gut Feeling Issues 1 and 2.

• All But The Surgery - Professor Graham Hill (Ex - CCSG Patron)
• Australian & NZ IBD Family Research Project
• Cancer Risk in IBD - Dr Alan Fraser (gastroenterologist, University of Auckland)

The following content is sourced from Gut Feeling Issues 3 and 4.

• Colon Cancer Risk in IBD (Part II) - Dr Mark Lane (CCSG Patron)
• DDW Report: The Power of Positive Thinking
• DDW Report: Infliximab: The Current Knowledge
• Chicken Pox and Crohn's Disease - Dr Mark Lane

Spotlight on...

• Canterbury CCSG Inc

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