Comments worth posting – a special thank you from The Northport Project to Shayla

Comment from Shayla Phillips: I cannot thank you enough for writing this....I am in the eigth grade and I am doing a school project on Northport. There was so much info on Northport in this and I fully enjoyed reading. Im Stephanie and Levi's younger daughter Shayla Shayla  _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Response submitted by The Northport Project... Continue Reading →

Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week Begins

The blog below is from the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) website: Today begins Crohn's & Colitis Awareness Week CCFA is proud to announce that the Senate has passed a resolution to make December 1 - 7 Crohn's & Colitis Awareness Week! This is an important step toward recognizing the 1.4 million Americans... Continue Reading →

CCFA – Patient Participation for Research Registry

http://www.ccfa.org/trials/studies/CCFAPartners     The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America is in the process of developing CCFA Partners, a new program aimed at enlisting patient and family participation in activities to further increase our understanding of Inflammatory  Bowel Diseases (IBD). Specifically, CCFA is assessing the feasibility of building a long term patient registry to support... Continue Reading →

Original Evite to former & current Northport residents to participate in MGH survey

Below is the MGH e-mail that was sent to past and present Northport WA residents in February. If you know anyone eligible to participate please forwarding to them, just in case they didn't receive it. Also, please note: ALL past & present Northport residents are eligible, not just those diagnosed with an IBD. To do... Continue Reading →

Urgent Request Re: Northport, WA Colitis & Crohn’s Study

For those of you who don’t know, currently two physicians from the Crohn’s and Colitis Center at Massachusetts General Hospital are conducting a study on the cluster of diagnosed cases of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s in past and present Northport residents (spanning three generations). They began their study in February and are preparing an abstract... Continue Reading →

CCFA to match dollar for dollar, ALL DONATIONS received by Sept 15th!

Dear CCFA Friend,Imagine if every dollar you gave to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America could work twice as hard and have twice the impact? Now it can!That's because until September 15, CCFA's National Board of Directors will match, dollar for dollar, every donation we receive – up to a total of $50,000. You know... Continue Reading →

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