Stress and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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In a new study, researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital tested whether exposure to stress would lead to flares of intestinal inflammation in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease. They found stress did not exacerbate colitis in the mice, though it did increase anxiety-like behavior.

Read more about the study here: Stress Increases Systemic Inflammation and Anxiety in Mouse Model of IBD.