Can Surgery Cure Ulcerative Colitis? Alan Moss, MD, chief scientific officer of the Crohns & Colitis Foundation, clearly explains the surgeries available to people with ulcerative colitis, and their ...

Greater access to innovative treatments could be linked to a drop in patients requiring surgery for a type of inflammatory bowel disease, a 20-year study suggests. The number of patients using ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

While most patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) get adequate symptom relief with drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, a minority do not -- either because the medications don't work, or they do ...

If you have ulcerative colitis (UC), your first line of treatment will likely be medication. But even with medication, sometimes symptoms continue to flare, tanking your quality of life along the way.

Listen Photo via ShutterStock) Surgical removal of the colon was associated with lower mortality than drug therapy in ulcerative colitis patients. " title ...

Investigators analyzed the surgical risk for ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease in contemporary, population-based inception cohorts vs 20th century cohorts. The contemporary cumulative 5-year risk ...

It’s become common for people to get ulcerative colitis surgery in the early stages of the disease. But whether you’re in the early or late stages or somewhere in between, you’re likely wondering how ...

Philadelphia, Pa. (October 10, 2013) –"Pouchitis" developing after surgery for ulcerative colitis (UC) is associated with changes in gene expression, which increase along with disease severity, ...

Women are counselled that surgery for ulcerative colitis leads to infertility and that they could require assisted reproductive technology (ART) to conceive. But how successful is ART, compared with ...

Researchers in Canada found using steroids before ulcerative colitis surgery is associated with a higher risk for postoperative sepsis and clotting, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy news reported. The ...

People with ulcerative proctitis, a milder and more limited form of ulcerative colitis, are not at higher risk of developing rectal cancer than the general population. This is shown in a new Swedish ...