Over ten million people worldwide live with IBD, a disease that goes unnoticed by most of the people around them. To increase its visibility today we celebrate world IBD day. Under the motto “Making the invisible visible” over 50 countries are joining this initiative to show support to all the IBD warriors out there and to show to the society … Read More
Living with IBD: treatments
If you have reached this post, maybe you have been recently diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease or know someone who has been. They are very common: over two million people in Europe live with an IBD, being Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis the most widely spread. The principal characteristic of IBD conditions is the swelling of the digestive tract, which … Read More
13th Congress of European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation
So far, ECCO has organised twelve congresses attracting a very large number of attendees with expertise in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Although most come from Europe, a considerable number come from North and South America, the Gulf States, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. The last congress, organised in Barcelona in February 2017, attracted a number of 6,249 participants (incl. exhibitors) from 84 … Read More
