HealthCentral: Jeffry Katz, professor at the School of Medicine, discussed ulcerative colitis. “If a patient has refractory (unmanageable) left-sided colitis, they can be quite ill, with debilitating ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic immune-mediated idiopathic inflammatory disorder characterized by colonic inflammation which typically begins in the rectum and extends proximally. The disease ...

Doctors usually prescribe antibiotics for certain types of colitis, such as ulcerative colitis and ischemic colitis. While antibiotics help with symptoms, there may be some adverse effects. Colitis ...

The diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC) is based on clinical evaluation and medical history and confirmed through laboratory, radiologic, endoscopic and histologic findings. Before making the ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The monoclonal antibody vedolizumab (Entyvio, Takeda) showed significantly greater treatment persistence than tofacitinib (Xeljanz, Pfizer), a small-molecule Janus kinase (JAK) ...