Ulcerative Colitis

• Rise in IBD among young kids ‘baffling’ experts. What’s behind the surge?

  Canada has one of the highest rates of inflammatory bowel disease in the world, and that number is likely to dramatically increase in the next decade, especially among children.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2023
  
• ‘Ostomy doesn’t have to define you’: Toronto woman fights to end stigma

  A Toronto woman is harnessing the power of social media in an effort to reduce the stigma around ostomy in an evolving campaign that has spanned a decade.

  Health

  Oct 10, 2019
  
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• Kelowna Gutsy Walk brings invisible disease into public eye

  Those suffering from Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, along with friends and family, fundraised to find a cure by taking part in the Gutsy Walk.

  Lifestyle

  Jun 2, 2019
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• Crohn’s disease, colitis cases projected to rise in Canada: report

  A report by Crohn's and Colitis Canada has warned that cases of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in Canada will soar in the coming years.  

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2018
• Edmonton’s Gutsy Walk for Crohn’s and colitis research smashes $103K fundraising goal

  More than 400 people came together in Rundle Park on Sunday morning with the common goal of finding better treatment and a cure for Crohn's disease and colitis.

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2017
• More Canadians living with inflammatory bowel disease than anywhere else in world: study

  It's often referred to as the "invisible disease" and more Canadians have it than anywhere else in the world.

  Canada

  May 19, 2017
• New study to see if diet can help people with Crohn’s and Colitis

  Thanks to a new federal research grant, researchers at the U of C's Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease will work with researchers at McMaster University to see how diet and gut bacteria impact inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

  Health

  Mar 31, 2016
• Why the Stollery matters: The story of my little brother Zach

  Edmonton's Stollery Children's Hospital is one of those places many people don't give a second thought about — until you need it. That was the case with my brother Zach, who spent many of his childhood years at the Stollery being treated for ulcerative colitis.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2016
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• Fecal transplants often cure C. diff. but can they help ulcerative colitis?

  Stool transplants appear to be a veritable home run in the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infections. Researchers are now questioning whether the therapy would work for a range of other bowel diseases, and even obesity.

  Health

  Jul 10, 2015