Crohn’s beyond the digestive tract: could the disease influence cognition?

A computer-based study of cognitive response times, conducted by researchers at Monash and RMIT Universities (both VIC, Australia) and published in the United European Gastroenterology (EUG) Journal, has indicated that sufferers of Crohn’s disease have slower response times than healthy controls. The authors state that these new findings highlight the multisystemic consequences of Crohn’s disease, as well as the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to research into the disorder. The highly sensitive Subtle Cognitive Impairment Test  undertaken on patients at the Box Hill Hospital Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinic, Australia, revealed that Crohn’s sufferers had response times up to 10%...