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Lessons from a chronic pain journey

February 19, 2021

Sheila Roher, MPH

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...

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Unlocking the keys to chronic visceral pain

February 18, 2021

Sheila Roher, MPH

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 make it ...

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Being South Asian American & Living with IBD

February 2, 2021

Tina Aswani Omprakash

I was 22 years old when I was first diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). I felt very isolated as a young South Asian American woman, unable to relate to those around me who were healthy and able-bodied. Even though this disease runs in my family, there was very little knowle...

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2020 IBD advocacy in review

December 24, 2020

Sarah Buchanan

Despite 2020 being a difficult year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foundation saw some great advocacy successes. These could not have been achieved without the efforts of our advocacy volunteers from across the country as well as the leadership of our congressional champions, includi...

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Regenerative medicine provides hope for IBD patients with perianal disease

December 22, 2020

Amber Tresca

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Throwing light on a potential new treatment for ulcerative proctitis

December 22, 2020

Amber Tresca

On November 17-18, 2020, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation hosted its third annual IBD Innovate: Product Development for Crohn’s & Colitis™ conference. This meeting brings together researchers, start-up companies, industry companies, accelerator organizations and more who are com...

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Providing a brighter future in pediatric Crohn’s disease

December 22, 2020

Amber Tresca

On November 17-18, 2020, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation hosted its third annual IBD Innovate: Product Development for Crohn’s & Colitis™ conference. This meeting brings together researchers, start-up companies, industry companies, accelerator organizations and more who are com...

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Surviving the holidays with dietary restrictions

December 21, 2020

Emma Goodman-Fish

Having dietary restrictions is difficult throughout the year, but around the holidays, coping with this challenge becomes even harder. With endless amounts of food being offered by relatives and friends, and nearly every gathering surrounding...

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Improving patient & provider education about biosimilars

December 7, 2020

Laura Wingate

When biosimilars first entered the market five years ago, I was excited about new treatment options for patients and for more competition to be created in the market. In the years since, we have seen seven biosimilars approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for IBD indicatio...

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Why Crohn’s disease & ulcerative colitis awareness matters

November 30, 2020

Rebecca Kaplan

For the past nine years, December 1-7 has been observed across the United States as Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week. Originally designated by the passage of U.S. Senate Resolution 199, Awareness Week provides an opportunity for the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) community to come...

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