The weather in San Francisco was gloomy, but I was buzzing with nervous, yet excited energy as I entered the Moscone Center, prepared to be one of this year’s IBD Patient Reporters. Reflecting on my time at the 2025 Crohn’s & Colitis Congress, I keep circling back to health lit...

Crohn’s & Colitis Congress 2025 is in the books—and the revolutionary research and all the work being done behind the scenes for the IBD community are exhilarating and promising. Having been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease nearly 20 years ago, I had the opportunity to serve as a pati...

 “Camp Oasis is a place where understanding and acceptance meet. It’s a place meant for everyone with IBD to not feel alone in their battle and where you don’t need to explain yourself. You can just be you.”  – Camp Oasis volunteer   Registration is open for Camp Oas...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research has come a long way in the last 20 years. One exciting development is the growing emphasis on precision medicine. This approach matches people with the best therapy based on their genetics, inflammatory biomarkers, and other unique biological an...

Treatment options for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have advanced significantly over the past few decades, particularly with the introduction of biologic therapies starting in 1998. Biologics like infliximab (Remicade®), adalimumab (Humira®), vedolizumab (Entyvio®), and ustekinumab (...

Katy Bagnato was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2010 when she was a freshman in high school. Until last month, Katy had never been in clinical remission, although there were times when she thought that might be the case because she wasn’t having symptoms. There were periods w...

Living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, presents a range of challenges that often go unspoken due to stigma. Despite affecting approximately 1 in 100 Americans, IBD remains shrouded in silence. At the Crohn's & Colitis Fou...

A scarcity of places to go when you’re traveling to a new city is a major issue for people living with inflammatory bowel disease. In partnership with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, HealthCentral reports on the little-discussed crisis.   By Marygrace Taylor   This c...

​​​​​​Marissa Spratley What’s it like to have 500 people who have or care for someone with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) together in one place for one cause?    Marissa Spratley will tell you because she’s been there. “It’s powerful.” For the past three years, Mar...

*This article originally appeared in Psychology Today.   Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, affects nearly 1 in 100 Americans. While the exact cause of IBD remains unknown, some researchers believe that extreme stress m...