Where to Begin? Navigating the healthcare system can be frustrating, exhausting, and full of dead ends and rabbit holes. Having a chronic...

Just like Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), our lifestyles change as our life changes. Whether you have just been diagnosed or have been...

Many people with long Covid report difficulties with their lungs following the acute phase of COVID-19 infection. For some, this can feel...

Alison Shmerling, MD, MPH This past weekend was Daylight Savings Time (DST), meaning we “sprung forward” our clocks and lost an hour of...

An estimated 24 million Americans are living with an autoimmune disease, and another 8 million may eventually receive a diagnosis. It...

Where it Began I was formally diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at age 28. Just like many of you, my journey had a lot of ups and...

Recently Diagnosed with Crohn’s or Ulcerative Colitis? Have you recently been diagnosed with IBD (Crohn’s disease or UC)? No doubt you...

So how much do we really know about the effectiveness of complementary and integrative approaches for chronic pain? Turns out, we know...

The Pep Talk Dealing with a chronic condition like Long Covid is a battle on many fronts. Getting the care you need and deserve from your...

Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease that affects the functioning of the thyroid gland. Changes in the thyroid hormone...

What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that causes pain in the joints and body....

Mindfulness can impact the body’s stress-response by calming the nervous system and changing how the brain reacts to stress.

As of October 2020, the World Health Organization estimates that one in ten people around the world have possibly contracted the...

In this pandemic world, many of us have taken a keen interest in boosting our immune system, and for good reason. A healthy immune system...

Aila Health Ambassador Spotlight As we build out our an innovative digital health model, we are passionate about bring patient voices...

Aila Health Ambassador Spotlight As we build out our an innovative digital health model, we are passionate about bring patient voices...

After many months or years of searching for a diagnosis, many patients comment that they feel a sense of relief or validation when they...

Did you know studies show that patients with IBD do not get preventive care at the same rates as patients without IBD.

A Life Changed In the early days of the pandemic, little was known about the effects of the novel coronavirus. Today, we are still...

No question, our emotional resilience has taken a hit from this ongoing pandemic and everything it has thrown at us—feelings of fear,...