Women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are 3 times more likely to forgo having children than people without the condition — it’s a trend driven by fear and confusion about what the disease would ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which causes inflammation in the digestive tract, may complicate other health concerns as patients age. To address the specific challenges faced by older adults with ...

Share on Pinterest To improve IBD symptoms, avoid pro-inflammatory foods, new study emphasizes. Image credit: Karl Tapales/Getty Images Researchers from the Medical University of Lodz in Poland ...

Inflammatory bowel disease, in which the immune system attacks the gut, is a painful chronic condition that affects three million Americans. Rates of IBD are rising, and there’s currently no cure. IBD ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, is a chronic condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the digestive tract, causing inflammation. This ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

The American College of Gastroenterology has issued an updated clinical practice guideline on preventive care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that covers vaccinations, cancer ...

SAN DIEGO — In tough-to-treat chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a precision-medicine strategy based on patients’ molecular profiles showed efficacy in guiding anti–tumor necrosis factor ...

Not only can the symptoms of IBD take a toll on a person’s physical health, but they can also cause some people embarrassment, which may cause them to withdraw from their family and friends. That’s ...