General IBD Discussion

1. IBD 101

If you are new to our website forums, Welcome! This is the place to start.

Use this general forum to ask a question or discuss your symptoms and how you cope with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Post and discuss information that may be helpful to others who suffer from Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis (UC).

The IBD 101 subforum contains key information about IBD that we have gathered from our members.

Fistula Support

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Research Studies

Research subjects are needed for the following posted studies.

Medical researchers are continuously searching for new or better ways to treat illness or disease. If they discover something that may be helpful, it cannot be put into general use until years of careful testing has been done. Research studies are what enable medical research for a drug to, in turn, become available to physicians and patients. Research studies may also be referred to as clinical studies, clinical trials, drug trials or drug studies. Read Understanding Research Studies for further information.

If you are the Primary Investigator and have a research study that you would like posted, please contact us.

Apps and Media

Use this forum to discuss IBD and digestive health related apps or media for the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android or BlackBerry device . Provide advice by writing a new review or commenting on another.

IBD Reporter Newsfeed

Topics are automatically created in this forum from a mix of newsfeeds. Please be aware that we have no control over the quality or factual representation of these postings. Some may be informational, whereas some may be wholly inaccurate. You may rate topics in this forum.

Always research all options and discuss them with your physician before following any specific directive provided in these articles.

Current feeds are: Google, Medical News Today, Pubmed

Announcements

Announcements, website changes and updates. Posting guidelines our Medical Advisory Board and Community Manager's Bio's are also in this forum.

Website Help

Ask technical questions here about how to use the features of the website. This includes the forums, blogs, and chat rooms. If you are having trouble registering, please contact us.