About IBD

It's common for people with IBD to look online for patients who have a similar disease journey to their own. For men, however, there are fewer places to find such a peer because there are not as many ...

12 Mar 201927min

What compels a person to share their personal journey with IBD? For Rasheed Clarke, author of Three Tablets Twice Daily, his writing began as a way to keep track of everything for himself and his heal...

26 Feb 201923min

What is the microbiome, how might it be connected to IBD and other conditions, and how can it affect health when it's pushed out of balance? Dr Sarina Pasricha of the Christiana Care Health System giv...

12 Feb 201934min

A diagnosis of IBD can take away the thing that you feel defines you as a person. This is how it felt for Megan Starshak of The Great Bowel Movement, who describes how her ulcerative colitis diagnosis...

28 Jan 201924min

The internet runs on advertising, which means that editors and writers are often tasked with getting the most possible eyeballs on their story. That can mean that there's pressure to write a controver...

15 Jan 201930min

I wanted to let you know what's happening in the About IBD world and how you can stay in touch and keep up with all the great progress that's happening! Find IBD Moms at: Facebook: https://www.face...

4 Des 20185min

Why is it important to tell our stories? Every person who has IBD is unique and so is their disease journey. You might not think your experience is relevant to others living with IBD or another chroni...

27 Nov 201828min

What are your traditions around Thanksgiving? What we eat and how we celebrate Thanksgiving depends on where we live, our ethnicity, and our family traditions. What matters is coming together and reme...

20 Nov 201830min