“There may be periods when either a patient's ulcerative colitis or diabetes is more active,” she says. “In these cases, the acute treatment of one condition may be prioritized over the othe ...

Treatment for microscopic colitis usually involves medications to reduce inflammation and immune activity in the colon and lifestyle changes to reduce symptoms. Microscopic colitis, a chronic type ...

Treatment for both UC and proctitis include medicines that reduce inflammation. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) The exact cause of ulcerative colitis is unknown, but it likely stems from a ...

In April 2025, Janssen Research & Development, LLC announced a study is to evaluate the efficacy, including clinical ...

Although the appendix is generally believed to be a vestigial organ, there is growing evidence pointing to its possible role in modulating gut immunity and microbial homoeostasis.1,2 These roles have ...

Take Steps is the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s signature fundraising event. This year (2025), the event will take place at ...

"Even with mild ulcerative colitis, there's still a higher risk of cancer," Lakkasani says. "Some people think, 'I have no symptoms, just mild inflammation, and I feel fine without treatment,' but ...

Fecal transplants may become a future treatment for ulcerative colitis (UC), a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Fecal transplants involve inserting stool from a donor into a recipient’s ...

For some people with ulcerative colitis (UC), consuming gluten can ... Long-term medical treatment is twofold: Maintain remission — a period without symptoms — to prevent further flares ...

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are both inflammatory bowel diseases with similar symptoms. However, some key differences include the areas they affect, diagnostic tools, and treatment plans.

Using vedolizumab first, before tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors, improved quality-adjusted life-years in both ulcerative ...

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are idiopathic ... patients for whom the natural history of disease and response to treatment are predictable. The most widely held hypothesis on the ...