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

Deep-fried foods might be delicious, but they are also terrible for your colon health. Whether colon cancer runs in your family or you simply want to reduce your risk, these are the worst fried foods ...

For decades, patients with inflammatory bowel disease have reported a familiar and frustrating pattern: periods of intense ...

Turmeric is a golden spice whose inflammation-fighting reputation precedes it, but it may be too good to be true. The ...

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 ...

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.

ANSWER: Microscopic colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the colon. It comes in two pathologic forms -- collagenous ...

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 ...

Venuprasad Poojary, PhD, an associate investigator at Baylor Institute for Immunology Research (BIIR), part of Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, reported this week in the journal Nature ...

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 ...