AD is highly prevalent, particularly among those older than 65, and is associated with a high burden of morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. The presentation of diverticulitis often overlaps ...

Inflammatory bowel disease, also known as IBD – the umbrella term for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – and other complex gastrointestinal conditions, such as diverticulitis, can have a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 21, 2007) -- Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is an umbrella term referring to a group of disorders that cause inflammation of the intestines, including ulcerative colitis, ...

Your belly hurts. The diarrhea keeps coming. And you certainly don’t feel like eating. These are telltale signs of colitis. But which kind? Colitis is a term used to describe inflammation in your ...

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive system referred to as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Unlike Crohn's disease, colitis is primarily limited to the colon (large ...

The risk for dementia rose by 26% for people with intestinal diverticular disease (diverticulitis) and by 121% in people with cirrhosis. People with digestive system diseases were more likely to have ...

Many people confuse the acronyms IBS and IBD. IBS stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and IBD stands for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. These two conditions can overlap in some of the symptoms they ...

Ulcers in the colon are usually due to a condition like inflammatory bowel disease or an infection. But some medications or procedures can also cause colon ulcers. A colon ulcer is an open sore that ...

Colorectal cancer can seem a lot like some common gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, including hemorrhoids, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), an infection, or inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as ...

Actress Adah Sharma is heartbroken over the passing of her beloved grandmother, affectionately called 'Paati'. She succumbed to her long battle with ulcerative colitis and diverticulitis this morning.

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 ...