The endoscopic appearance of IBD is not specific enough to always permit differentiation of ulcerative colitis from Crohn's disease -- although there are some features that favor one diagnosis ...

5. The guidance recommends advanced or immunomodulatory therapy after failure of 5-aminosalicylates instead of a "step-up" approach. The recommendations also define moderate to severe disease using a ...

SPRING HOUSE, PA – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has submitted a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) to the U.S ...

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released a new clinical guideline on the pharmacological management of ...

A study published Nov. 14 in Gastroenterology has found a link between inflammatory bowel disease risk and pesticides, along with other environmental pollutants. Manasi Agrawal, MD, a ...

[31] Our definition of ulcerative colitis therefore remains based on clinical, endoscopic and histologic criteria that were established over several decades -- a diffuse, continuous and ...

A recent study has shown that endoscopy contributes little to invasive indices used to assess disease activity in ulcerative colitis patients. Higgins et al. evaluated 66 ulcerative colitis ...

Consider the following: While your healthcare provider can use an endoscopy to test for both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, they look for certain signs that can detect the difference ...