NSAIDs have an inhibitory effect on the protective prostaglandins, and they uncouple mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in the mucosal enterocytes. Both of these factors can lead to increased ...

IBD is actually an immune system disorder with an unknown cause, diet can influence symptoms but not cause the disease.

Broad-spectrum antibiotics will alter the composition of the human gut microbiome, with transiently reduced bacterial diversity. Thus, it is reasonable to hypothesize that antibiotic-induced ...

Inflammatory bowel disease, in which the immune system attacks the gut, is a painful chronic condition that affects three million Americans. Rates of IBD are rising, and there’s currently no cure. IBD ...

People who have pro-inflammatory diets are up to three times more likely to have moderate-to-severe IBD, according to a new study.

Japan had 254.8 cases of ulcerative colitis and 77 cases of Crohn's per 100,000 people, and a new study shows that the cases ...

Pain is always disconcerting regardless of where it occurs, but it can be especially worrisome if it emanates from the left ...

Ulcerative colitis happens when the immune system goes out of control and causes inflammation that can lead to tissue damage in the colon and rectum. Image Credit: iStock/Getty Images There’s no cure ...

Colitis and ulcerative colitis (UC) can look very similar because they share symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloody stool, and they both involve inflammation of the colon (the large ...