If you have ever said, “I have a gut feeling” or “my gut tells me,” you have acknowledged the connection between the gut and the brain. But as common as these phrases may be, there are still many unanswered questions about how the gut and brain relate to one another. The Crohn’s &...

With nearly 1 in 100 Americans living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), advancing discovery into treatments and cures is critical to improving patients’ quality of life.   Last week, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation brought together more than 100 IBD researchers and pati...

Living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) presents many challenges. For some people, fibrosis of their gastrointestinal (GI) tract is one of the most significant. Fibrosis refers to a buildup of scar tissue. As this tissue accumulates, stricture, or narrowing of the intestines, can...

Living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as a child is very challenging on many levels. For parents seeking treatments, it is discouraging to know that there are fewer prescription medications available to treat children with IBD. Currently, there are twice as many IBD medications a...

In the past decade or so, the number of medications approved to treat ulcerative colitis (UC) has increased. But because the drugs haven’t been around long, we don’t have many details about the people taking them, how people respond to treatments in the real world, or how newer therapie...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is called an invisible illness for a reason. It can have a debilitating effect on your quality of life while others may not understand or be able to see that you are sick. It doesn’t help that many patients are reluctant to speak about their disease. As ...

Ultrasound imaging has long been used in healthcare to evaluate, diagnose, and monitor disease. According to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, there are many types of ultrasounds, such as abdominal ultrasound (to view abdominal tissue and organs), bone sonometry (to assess bone d...

If you live with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), you are probably no stranger to sleep disruption. The pain caused by Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis is enough to upend patients’ sleep schedules, let alone bowel urgency, fatigue during the daytime, and a multitude of other sympt...

Colonoscopies are a crucial diagnostic and monitoring tool for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, having one can be intimidating when faced with the daunting bowel preparation that it requires. The solution most people drink beginning the day before the test to hel...

At least half of all Americans have a genetic mutation that makes the cells lining their gut more vulnerable to damage. So why doesn't half of America have Crohn's disease?   Researchers at NYU Langone, funded in part by the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, sought to answer this...