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.

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

TUESDAY, Dec. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Early changes in a person's gut bacteria might herald the onset of inflammatory ...

Inflammatory bowel disease and elevated BMI may play causal roles in hidradenitis suppurativa, results of a Mendelian ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patients experience significant changes in gut bacteria at the onset of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new international ...

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 ...

Psychologist Melissa Hunt and gastroenterologist Chung Sang Tse and colleagues have found that cognitive behavioral therapy ...

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 ...