Phillip Engen

BACKGROUND: Diet is known to alter the risk of depression. Increasing data also demonstrate a causal role of the gut microbiome in mental illness, via the gut-brain axis. However, it remains unclear how diet and the microbiome mechanistically influence depression risk in humans…

Fatigue is the most common symptom reported by patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and it impacts patients with both inactive and active disease. There is no treatment for fatigue in patients with inactive IBD despite its significant societal cost…