Colonoscopy is a common procedure that’s used to diagnose and monitor conditions affecting your colon and rectum. It can be used to detect conditions like colorectal cancers and precancers, IBD, and ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for a group of chronic conditions that cause inflammation and swelling in the digestive tract. It primarily includes two conditions: ulcerative ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which comprises the inflammatory conditions Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, affects about 1.6 million Americans, many of whom cannot be effectively treated.

The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) has published new guidelines on colorectal cancer surveillance for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Published in the BMJ journal Gut, the ...

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) ...

Picture this common clinical scenario: A patient has chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, and weight loss. Blood and stool tests point to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). But which one -- Crohn's ...

Autoantibodies may be disabling one of the body's anti-inflammatory brakes in some IBD patients, a new study finds.

Engineers have developed a pill that releases microscopic robots, or microrobots, into the colon to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The experimental treatment, given orally, has shown success ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which comprises the inflammatory conditions Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, affects about 1.6 million Americans, many of whom cannot be effectively treated.