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...

More than 10 million people worldwide live with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. Living with these diseases is very individual and no patient experiences the same symptoms or manifestations of disease. But what bonds everyone — regardless of whether they live in the United States,...

Approximately 50-70% of IBD patients report experiencing abdominal pain at some point during their disease journey. But when that pain becomes chronic, treating it can become difficult and costly. In fact, the results from the Foundation’s Cost of IBD Care study from 2019 found that pre...

The New York Times recently published an article claiming that the COVID-19 vaccines won’t protect individuals with weakened immune systems. Within that article, they stated that, according to the CLARITY IBD Study of patients in the United Kingdom, only 34% of people on infliximab (Rem...

When you live with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the question of how your Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis is going to impact conception, pregnancy, and motherhood is top of mind for many women since most of us receive our diagnosis duri...

Many people enjoy a nice cup of coffee to get started in the morning, or a nice glass of wine with dinner, but overdoing it can cause health issues. While smoking has been widely associated with IBD, there is conflicting information about alcohol and coffee. A new study published in Inf...

When those with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis collaborate with physicians for the purpose of patient education, something magical happens. Our perspective and unique personal experiences with IBD resonate on a different level with fellow patients and caregivers because it’s our...

In January, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) convened its annual Crohn’s & Colitis Congress®, the premier meeting in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Due to COVID-19, this year’s meeting went virtual and brought together more p...

Dee Dee Branchaud is in remission, yet she has suffered chronic abdominal pain for years. While invisible to medical tools, the pain has been so intense that she had to stop working at a job she loved. Her experiences, shared in her keynote speech at last year’s Pain in IBD: From Biolog...

Most physicians view pain the way firefighters view smoke, as an urgent alarm that signals an underlying problem. Find and treat the underlying problem and the pain should go away. (That’s why there’s an understandable caution in medicine about anything that might mask pain and mak...