Although ulcerative colitis (UC) can often be managed by taking medications and making lifestyle changes, surgery might be considered if yourtreatment isnt working well enough for you, or if you ...
A new UCLA Health study found that taking an 8-strain probiotic daily may reduce the risk of pouchitis, a common inflammatory condition that occurs after colon removal surgery for ulcerative colitis, ...
A new UCLA Health study found that taking an 8-strain probiotic daily may reduce the risk of pouchitis, a common inflammatory condition that occurs after colon removal surgery for ulcerative colitis, ...
A national audit of total abdominal colectomy for ulcerative colitis finds low 30 day mortality and a rise in laparoscopic ...
"We're borrowing something that cancer uses for evil and making it into something good," said senior author Andrew Wang, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Translational Research and Commercialization ...
Most patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) respond to initial therapy, but an estimated 10% to 40% don't, and some others become resistant to treatment over long periods of time. For many ...
Microscopic colitis is colon inflammation that may give you chronic watery diarrhea. Changes to your diet, medications, or surgery might be possible treatments to consider. Microscopic colitis is an ...
There are a few different types of common procedures, and your specific situation will determine which is right for you, says Dana Lukin, MD, a gastroenterologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork ...