 | | Team Challenge: Your Ticket to Sold-out Destination Races! Team Challenge is CCFA's endurance training and fundraising program. Through Team Challenge, you can run or walk 13.1 miles or train for a triathlon or cycling event while helping to find cures for IBD. This summer, Team Challenge is the ONLY way to participate in two sold-out destination races: the Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon and the Napa-to-Sonoma Half Marathon. If you're in the mood for a beach, we're also going to the Kona Half Marathon this summer! Pick your race and join the Team today!
Winter weather means less Vitamin DVitamin D deficiency is common in people with Crohn's disease, and has also been seen in people with ulcerative colitis. Since sun exposure is a component of levels of Vitamin D in the body, it's important to make sure you have enough Vitamin D to be healthy during winter months when sun exposure is less. Learn more about Vitamin D and other essential vitamins.
IBD cases on the rise worldwideA new study on the prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) was published in the most recent issue of Gastroentrology. The study findings show that IBD cases continue to rise in more developed nations, and that most cases are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 40. Read the study here, or download CCFA's IBD Fact Book, which contains other useful information about IBD worldwide.
Need Help? Chat Online with an Information Specialist! Our Information Resource Center specialists can answer your questions about financial assistance, medication, disease management, diet, coping and more. Answer Chat allows you to have real time private conversations through a text-based chat right from your computer, iPhone, or other device. Chat with a Specialist Monday through Friday, 9:00am – 5:00 pm (EST).
CCFA Partners Gives Patients a Chance to Share CCFA is looking for 10,000 or more IBD patients to share how IBD has impacted their lives through CCFA Partners, our newly-launched groundbreaking online research and education program. By completing a short, confidential survey about their current quality of life and providing occasional updates on their health, participants can shape researchers' understanding of IBD. This will ultimately help us to reach the goal of more rapid research progress, better treatments, and the cures we need. Start your survey here.
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