Approximately 1 in 500 Americans live with an ostomy, and many of those are patients who have Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an ostomy may be needed temporarily or permanently for a variety of reasons, including sudden, severe u...

If you have Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, then you know how hard it can be to pay for your medication. A Foundation study found that people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), especially Crohn’s, pay three times the total health care costs and double the out-of-pocket expens...

Have you received a notification from your insurance carrier that coverage of your specialty medication is changing? If so, you aren’t the only one. Many of my patients who are on biologics have been informed by their insurer that they are now required to switch to a biosimilar. I know ...

When looking at options after my senior year of high school, my guidance counselor never suggested taking a gap year. Coming from a rigorous high school, I felt pressure to attend college right away. Unfortunately, the decision to take a gap year was not in my control.  In March of my ...

Everyone has a mix of microbes in their gut, some of which are beneficial and others that can wreak havoc—especially in people with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Thanks, in part, to funding through IBD Ventures (our venture philanthropy program), researchers at Vedanta Bioscie...

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation staff and volunteers were saddened to learn of the passing of Donald (Don) Kortz, a member of our National Board of Trustees, last week. Don and his family first became involved with the Foundation after th...

Receiving a colorectal cancer diagnosis on top of one for IBD may be the last thing a patient wants to hear. A patient’s risk of developing colorectal cancer depends on certain factors, including if they have ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease affecting the colon, they have had IBD f...

Over 141 million people in the United States are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 - 49% of the total population in our country. Although we don’t precisely know vaccination rates among patients with IBD, we are pleased to see many patients getting vaccinated and encouraging their frien...

Last month, we shared the results from the first-ever national study of diet interventions to manage Crohn’s disease symptoms. The Diet to INducE Remission in Crohn’s disease (DINE-CD) study was a randomized clinical trial that compares the Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ (SCD) to a Mediter...

Every June during Pride, I'm reminded of how fortunate that I am. I can live in a country where I'm free to be myself and share my life openly with my husband of 20 years. I know that we can thrive because our life consists of lots of love and support. Support from the many facets of ou...