A review of microscopic colitis, a chronic, intermittent inflammatory bowel disease that predominantly affects older women and typically presents with frequent watery, non-bloody stools.

A new study indicates a common genetic variant may interact with gut bacteria to trigger chronic inflammation in ulcerative colitis. The findings may help explain why people experience the disease ...

Padilla notes that this phenomenon can be seen with other GI conditions as well, including colon cancer. “Women are more ...

Though it may seem daunting to make the dietary changes necessary after an IBD diagnosis, these expert ideas will make it ...

For some people, relief can last years. For others, only a few weeks. Learn what to do to stay in remission for as long as possible.

Treatment failure occurs when an ulcerative colitis medication isn’t helping symptoms. Most important, know that it’s not your fault. Learn what to do next.

Testing for somatic genomic copy number alterations (CNAs) in ulcerative colitis patients with low-grade dysplasia was able to predict risk of advanced neoplasia more accurately than other currently ...

An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist has discovered that certain sugars produced by the body play an important role in the development of colitis and, ultimately, colon cancer. The new ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a risk factor for colorectal cancer, but the precise stratification of risk based on different types of dysplasia is less understood. In this nationwide study of ...

Enhanced image showing where genes are active in colon tissue, revealing neutrophils located close to pre-cancerous epithelial cells [Longman Lab] It is known that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ...