Targeting a single nerve promotes healing in rats with chronic intestinal inflammation. Can the same strategy work in humans?

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.

For millions suffering from chronic inflammatory diseases like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), managing flare-ups often ...

Both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's are inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) so the idea that smoking would help one but hurt the other has been confounding. Colitis causes an inflammation of the colon ...

Electrical pulses may represent a new way to treat IBD without any medications. In A Nutshell Soft wireless implant wrapping around the splenic nerve reduced gut inflammation in rats over seven weeks ...

Gut inflammation isn’t always caused by the obvious culprits like junk food or infections. Sometimes, the triggers are hiding in plain sight — in your pantry, daily habits, or even your hormones. Here ...

Advanced therapies reduce bowel urgency in nearly half of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, new research finds.

For the estimated 5 million people worldwide living with inflammatory bowel disease, finding relief from debilitating symptoms often feels like an endless journey through medication trials and ...

Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Angel R. Nebreda at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) report a new mechanism that contributes to the development of ...

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a revolutionary approach to treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Their innovation involves a pill that delivers microscopic ...

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 ...