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The results of recent studies suggest that life events and chronic stress increase the risk of relapse in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).1 The authors from Barts and the London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, Barts and London NHS Trust, and University College London conducted a study to examine the effects of experimentally induced acute psychological stress on a variety of measures of systemic and rectal mucosal inflammatory response in adult patients with inactive ulcerative colitis (UC) and in well controls. A total of 25 patients with inactive UC and 11 healthy volunteers (HV) underwent an experimental stressor involving a need to complete a 60-minute IQ test in 50 minutes while rock music played in one ear and folk music in the other. A separate …
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