Innovation Anthology #550:

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Young women who suffer with inflammatory bowel disease are often afraid to get pregnant.

But thanks to funding from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions, there’s a new clinic at the University of Calgary especially for expecting moms with the disease.

According to gastroenterologist Dr. Cynthia Seow, inflammatory bowel disease often subsides during pregnancy.

The trick, she says, is to counsel women on getting their disease under control before conceiving.

DR CYNTHIA SEOW: We don’t know the exact cause of inflammatory bowel disease, but we know certainly that there are potential precipitants of the disease such as smoking. So we would encourage them not to smoke. And that would be a general message for any pregnant woman anyway. We would encourage them to be compliant with their medications. We would advise them about the safety of those medications during pregnancy. And also tailor the medications so we can get the right dose and the right medications for them that prior to them being pregnancy and to keep it that way during their pregnancy.

Dr. Cynthia Seow hopes the clinic will help women with irritable bowel disease realize they can be healthy through pregnancy and afterwards.

Thanks today to Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

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Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates (formerly Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions)

As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top quality, internationally competitive health research and innovation activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans. We provide leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation.

Working with our many partners  in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation in care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research.

Our background

Alberta Innovates consolidation was launched November 1, 2016.

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions was established as part of the Alberta Innovates system by an Act of Legislation of the Government of Alberta. It is a agency  of the Government of Alberta. We receive a yearly allocation from the Ministry of Health and report through the ministry to the people of Alberta.

Our Mandate and Roles document reflects our role and responsibilities and outlines the government statues and regulations with which we comply.

Alberta’s Health Research and Innovation Strategy (AHRIS) sets out Alberta’s health research agenda for the coming decade to ensure our considerable investments in research align with our priority—to improve the health of Albertans.

 

 

Program Date: 2013-04-16