Colonoscopy

A colonoscopy is a procedure performed by a doctor called a gastroenterologist, who uses a colonoscope to look inside the colon and check for diseases like cancer or colitis.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Vaccine recommendations

Patients with IBD need to work with their health care providers to decide which vaccines they need to stay healthy.

Colorectal cancer screening: What to expect when paying

Learn what to expect and what to do if you get a bill you were not expecting after having a colorectal cancer screening.

Crohn’s disease: exclusive enteral nutrition

Exclusive enteral nutrition, or EEN, is a low risk and safe therapy that can help improve symptoms of Crohn’s disease.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Role of fiber

Consuming a wide variety of foods with fiber is important for gut health in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Diet tips

Diet tips to help reduce symptoms during Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis flares or active disease.

Gentle GI nutrition

Also called the non-diet approach, this approach focuses on finding alternatives besides restrictive diets to help with GI symptoms.

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)

Clostridioides difficile, also known as Clostridium difficile, C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that can cause gastrointestinal symptoms, like nausea, watery diarrhea, stomach pain and stomach cramps that may be severe.

Diarrhea

Diarrhea happens when you have watery, loose stools three or more times a day. 

Biosimilars

Biosimilars are a type of biologic. Biologics and biosimilars can help patients with moderate to severe IBD.