Living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re searching for answers about what caused it and what you can do to protect your loved ones. While the exact causes of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis remain a complex puzzle, research has revealed a web ...

    Bringing a new life into the world is a thrilling journey, but when you have IBD, concerns about how it might affect your pregnancy can be overwhelming. Women with IBD can have healthy pregnancies and infants. However, they are more likely to have complications of pregnancy, ...

If you asked me when I was a 20-year-old college student where I’d see myself years down the road, I never would have thought I’d be a caregiver for someone with a chronic disease. When I was a junior in college, I met a guy. He knocked on the door to my apartment on move in day and asked for toilet...

Today is National Wear Red Day, which helps bring awareness to heart disease, and the start of Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Now, when you think of Crohn’s disease, you don’t typically think of heart disease also. But I have experienced both. I was born with a congenital heart defect (C...

Each of us encounters defining moments in our lives. Moments that fundamentally shape who we are, moments that reveal our true selves. I’m convinced that our deepest selves are never fully unmasked until we are faced with moments that rattle us to our core. Moments that challenge us to make a life-a...