When inflammation in the body goes unchecked, it can cause fibrosis, or tissue scarring that may lead to organ dysfunction or ...

An teenage dancer who feared her dream of a career on the stage was over when she was diagnosed with bowel disease said ...

There are several potential causes of chronic inflammation, including excessive alcohol consumption, environmental factors, poor diet quality, stress and an inadequate amount of quality sleep.

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna has investigated a possible link between ...

Targeting a single nerve promotes healing in rats with chronic intestinal inflammation. Can the same strategy work in humans?

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 ...

More than half a million patients in the UK have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and research suggests that up to 30% ...

New preclinical research suggests that bowel preparation procedures for colonoscopies may temporarily alter gut balance, ...

For millions suffering from chronic inflammatory diseases like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), managing flare-ups often ...

Ulcers in the colon are usually due to a condition like inflammatory bowel disease or an infection. But some medications or procedures can also cause colon ulcers. A colon ulcer is an open sore that ...

China creates ingestible, luminous microspheres that detect intestinal bleeding and are retrieved with a magnet, a ...