A teenage patient’s unique way of detailing his experience with Crohn’s disease.

During the lengthy hospital stays that Ann Laho’s daughter endured, one nurse’s compassion inspired the mother-daughter pair to pursue the profession and help patients the same way she helped their family.

The size of a microbiome sample from rectal swabs varies from patient to patient and can predict infection risk.

A bowel obstruction landed Laurie Svoboda in the intensive care unit. Here are the eight things that helped her compete in an Ironman race less than four months later. 

A new quality improvement study found involving the anticoagulation clinic before elective gastrointestinal endoscopy could help facilitate antithrombotic medication management.

The most read stories of 2019 on the Michigan Health Lab blog.

A University of Michigan obtains a NIH grant to support an advanced imaging strategy to improve methods for early cancer detection.

Work to reduce surgical site infections, sepsis and more at dozens of hospitals across Michigan shows promise — but room to improve.

Colon polyp removal has traditionally meant surgery, but in some cases endoscopic polypectomy is now an option.

Are colonoscopies better at colorectal cancer detection than stool-based tests? University of Michigan gastroenterologist weighs in on colon cancer tests.