A newly uncovered immune chain reaction in the gut may explain why people with inflammatory bowel disease face a much higher ...

Both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's are inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) so the idea that smoking would help one but hurt the other has been confounding. Colitis causes an inflammation of the colon ...

Inflammatory foods are sugary foods and drinks, fast food, and red meat. Swap them for anti-inflammatory fruits, vegetables, ...

For decades, patients with inflammatory bowel disease have reported a familiar and frustrating pattern: periods of intense ...

A hidden immune cascade linking the gut and bone marrow may explain how IBD turns inflammation into colon cancer.

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For the estimated 5 million people worldwide living with inflammatory bowel disease, finding relief from debilitating symptoms often feels like an endless journey through medication trials and ...

A chain of immune reactions in the gut—driven by a key signaling protein and a surge of white blood cells from the bone marrow—may help explain why people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a ...

Researchers at New York University Pain Research Center have identified a mechanism that underlies inflammation and pain in the colon, and demonstrated that in mice with colitis, blocking a key ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism that underlies inflammation and pain in the colon, and demonstrated that blocking a key receptor from entering colon cells can inhibit inflammation and pain, ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are impacted by dietary factors, including non-digestible carbohydrates (fibers), which are fermented by colonic microbes. Fibers are overall beneficial but not all ...