Crohn’s diagnosis

December 20, 2017

A Crohn’s Story: ‘Pun Intended’

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects approximately three out of every 1,000 people. One of those people is Kevin Heimbach. MORE: What it’s like to grow up with inflammatory bowel ... Read more

November 30, 2017

Living With Chronic Crohn’s Disease: Trinady’s Story

This video from the Children’s Hospital Colorado is all about 11-year-old Trinady Kufeldt. Trinady was just 6 years old when she began experiencing acute stomach pains. At first doctors thought it was a stomach ... Read more

November 1, 2017

A Crohn’s Story: ‘Pun Intended’

April 3, 2017April 8, 2017

How I Moved Forward After My Diagnosis

Columns, Finding the Silver Linings - a column by Lisa Burks

In November 2014, when the biopsies from a scope came back positive for severe Crohn’s disease, and I had many questions and emotional reactions. On the one hand, I felt a ... Read more

February 24, 2017March 6, 2017

Coping with a Crohn’s Disease Diagnosis: Third in a Series

Columns, It Could Be Worse - a column by Mary Horsley

In part three of my four-part series, I discuss how to cope with a new diagnosis and explain how I personally cope with Crohn’s disease. So, you’ve been diagnosed with ... Read more

September 7, 2016

What are the Treatment Goals for IBD?

In this University of Chicago Medicine video, shared in January 2015, Dr. David T. Rubin, co-director of the Digestive Diseases Center, explains his department’s goals for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ... Read more