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Growing up alongside a sibling with Crohn's tracked four times the risk of getting it
Siblings of people with Crohn's disease are known to be at higher risk, and genes were the obvious explanation. Comparing childhood exposure with adult exposure separates the shared genes from the shared childhood.
Sep 4, 2026
4 in 10 people with confirmed celiac disease had no symptoms at all, across 394,274 people
Celiac disease is imagined as a dramatic reaction to bread. Pooling 87 population studies, roughly 1 in 120 people has biopsy-confirmed disease, and 41% of them had nothing that would send them to a doctor.
Sep 1, 2026
A whole-food exclusion diet put 69% of Crohn's patients into remission across 17 studies
Crohn's disease is normally treated with drugs, and the liquid-only diet that works is almost impossible to stick to. Pooling 17 studies, a diet built from ordinary food matched it, and beat both a control diet and the Mediterranean diet.
Sep 1, 2026
Flu vaccination tracked 20% less new atrial fibrillation across 276,888 matched adults
Flu is known to trigger heart events, but whether the shot affects heart rhythm was untested. A European Heart Journal team matched 276,888 adults on 65 characteristics and found the vaccinated developed less irregular heartbeat.
Sep 1, 2026