The incidence of inflammatory arthritis was highest in the 6 months preceding inflammatory bowel diagnoses for patients younger than 18 years.

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways IBD pain can feel like cramping or sudden pain after eating.Pain from Crohn's disease is often in the right lower quadrant or middle of the ...

Water is often dubbed the elixir of life, and for a good reason. It is a crucial component of our bodies, making up about 60 percent of our total body weight. Every cell, tissue and organ in our body ...

Dear Doctors: I’m a 77-year-old man and was having trouble with hard stools. My doctor suggested a stool softener. It worked for about a week, but then I developed diarrhea. Over-the-counter diarrhea ...

High-sensitivity sequencing of recurrent, cell-type–specific variants aims to strengthen causal inference versus germline association studies and to prioritize targets linked to disease-driving cells.

New research finds wheat fiber may reduce bowel disease risk, highlighting the benefits of choosing whole grain foods over ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...

Detection of a bowel cancer marker (CDH1) in wastewater may offer a new community-level early warning system for the disease, ...

Dear Doctors: I’m a 77-year-old man and was having trouble with hard stools. My doctor suggested a stool softener. It worked for about a week, but then I developed diarrhea. Over-the-counter diarrhea ...