Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis, known collectively as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), do not discriminate between age, race, gender, economic status, or geographic borders. It is truly an equal-opportunity disease! I was 18, a freshman in college, when I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) and was told I was “too young” to be that sick. IBD was an old-person's disease, my gastroenterologist said. He was wrong, of course. Because my symptoms were not taken seriously from the beginning, I continued to get worse over the course of the next three years of college. Looking back, I don’t know how I managed...

MicroVention (Tustin, California), a subsidiary of Terumo (Tokyo), said it has begun enrolling patients in its Hydrogel Endovascular Aneurysm Treatment (HEAT) trial, designed to compare the use of coiling technologies to treat intracranial aneurysms. The prospective, randomized, international multi-center study will pit the company's MicroVention hydrogel coils against bare platinum coils. The HEAT trial will enroll up to 600 patients from about 30 sites around the world.

Now that the dust is beginning to settle in the aftershock of the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, experts from all sides of the issue were eager to share their views Friday on the implication of the healthcare law going forward.

I am living with a pain in the rear. Casey Abrams, a musician and American Idol alumnus, would say I am living with a “chip on my shoulder,” but I prefer to be as literal as possible. So yes, I live with a pain in the rear – along with about 1.4 million other Americans who have been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease – collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In advance of releasing his debut album today (June 26), Abrams created an original song, “Chip on Your Shoulder” and music video inspired by his personal...