Our mission is to improve the quality of life for BIPOC who are affected by IBD, Digestive Disorders and associated Chronic Illnesses; through Community, Research, Education, and Advocacy.
IBS is often confused for IBD (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). While some of the symptoms may be similar, an individual can have both IBS and an IBD (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis).
Diagnosing and treating kidney cancer is the key to survival for cancer patients. Radiographic imaging such as CT scan, MRI, X-Ray, and ultrasound are just a few ways to diagnosis kidney cancer.
Cancer is a disease that occurs when normal cells in your body start to grow abnormally and uncontrollably, clumping together causing tumors. If left untreated, these tumors can spread throughout your body, putting your digestive, nervous and circulatory systems all at risk.
While January is National Blood Donor Month, the critical need for blood donation is ongoing.
For many people living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), taking care of their total health and well-being means addressing mental health.
Most of us have heard of a bone marrow transplant, but do we really know what that involves or what it is really for?
In the 20 years, I have lived with Crohn’s disease, I have realized there were ways that access to care can be improved to benefit a patient’s health and well-being.
Early in my Crohn's journey, I began taking biologics. Two years into being on this medication I switched employers, which caused my health insurance to change. The new insurance company wanted to switch me to a different medication even though the biologic I was on placed me into clinical remission.
I was subjected to step therapy due to my insurance at the beginning of my diagnosis - I received oral medication in 2014. A year after not achieving baseline outcomes, I was moved to a biologic.
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