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E-Pals Page updated.
New articles posted from the CCSG
newsletter include:
- General
Practitioners and IBD - are you OK?
- NZ
TV celebrity Jim Hickey talks about his Crohn's
disease
- Crohn's
disease: Holy Grail Still Eludes Us
- Pouch
Surgery Beneficial for Most
- Bad
News for Junk Food Junkies
- Alternative
Therapy Used by Almost 40% of CCSG Members
There are 4 new titles in the CCSG
Library which are availbale to CCSG members here in
NZ
- Young People and Chronic Illness (1998). A book
describing how young people cope with chronic illness.
Features 'Mathew' who has Crohn's disease. The second
section is about how to cope, tips on family life, how to
tell your friends and dealing with hospitals. (Awaiting
review).
- Your
Health - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (1999). Played on
NZ nationwide talkback radio on station Radio Pacific on
June 23. Features Dr Mark Lane and CCSG 'Information
Officer' Shirley Hartshorne (audio tape).
- 'Middlemore'
Episode 2 - Crohn's disease surgery (1999). Screened
on TV2, made by Communicado. A 'reality TV' type hospital
program.
- Talk About Ulcerative Colitis - Video (1997). A video
produced by the National Association for Colitis and
Crohn's Disease in the UK. Especially for young
people.
A new addition to the list of CCSG services is the launch
of a new nationally distributed newsletter called Gut
Feeling. First issue in October and articles posted to
the CCSG Web Site after that.
The list of literature
available from the CCSG continues to grow. 3 new books,
3 new videos and an audio tape. Also check out the cover of
the updated and redesigned CCSG leaflets.
The link to the Merck
Medical Manual has been updated. (It works now!)
Local contact
details for other CCSG updated.
For those with IBD and who use the internet this
cartoon
could raise a smile.
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