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Research: Crohn’s disease: Is the natural history changing?

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Research: Crohn’s disease: Is the natural history changing?

Just thought I'd share this with everyone. If I've understood properly Crohn's sufferers are more likely to die from complications from their illness then the normal population :(

"...mortality rate in CD still exceeds that in the general population and there is only little evidence that this has changed."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964392/
 
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