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.

"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 ...

Can Surgery Cure Ulcerative Colitis? Alan Moss, MD, chief scientific officer of the Crohns & Colitis Foundation and director of the Crohn's and colitis program at Boston Medical Center, clearly ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, Minn -- A new study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that ulcerative colitis patients had a 41 percent reduction in colectomy after a year when treated with infliximab, according to ...

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, ...

The contemporary cumulative 5-year risk for surgery in patients diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn disease (CD) in the 21st century was found to be “substantially lower” than that for ...

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 ...

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 ...