A newly uncovered immune chain reaction in the gut may explain why people with inflammatory bowel disease face a much higher ...

ANSWER: Microscopic colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the colon. It comes in two pathologic forms -- collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis -- but diarrhea is the main symptom of both.

I am a 64-year-old female who is in moderate health. After a monthslong bout of diarrhea, blood work, and a colonoscopy, I’ve been diagnosed with microscopic colitis. After a round of budesonide, my ...

Chronic inflammation may be quietly reshaping the colon and making it more vulnerable to early-onset colorectal cancer. Scientists found that colon tissue in younger patients was stiffer, even in ...

For decades, patients with inflammatory bowel disease have reported a familiar and frustrating pattern: periods of intense stress are often followed by worsening symptoms or full-blown disease flares.

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 chain of immune reactions in the gut—driven by a key signaling protein and a surge of white blood cells from the bone ...

Researchers at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine have uncovered a key primary step in the hepatic ERK pathway that leads to increased insulin production. While their previous work ...

Drinking green tea may make you poop due to its caffeine content, and by increasing hydration and decreasing stress. Learn ...

Ignore chronic inflammation at your peril. Recognised as a contributor to many deaths globally, half of these are partly ...

Anti-inflammatory foods support gut and heart health and may lower cancer risk in men over 50. Men over 50 should add foods ...

Mohammad Samad's stage 3 colon cancer was misdiagnosed as stress, IBS, and Crohn's disease.