Colitis

Where can I find more information on colitis?

You can try www.ccfa.org They usually have some of the latest research, etc.
Can't think of any others off the top of my head.

Here are a number of links about IBD (ulcerative colitis, crohn's
disease and microscopic colitis.) I try to post these here every once
and a while, but it has been a while.

Here are a group of very helpful web sites that have information about
Crohn's Disease(CD), and Ulcerative Colitis(UC), and Microscopic
Colitis(MC). I post this list from time to time on the newsgroup so
that new people can read and know more about their disease.

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These are all excellent sources of information, and excellent starting
points in your search for answers. (Most have additional 'Links'.)

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
http://www.ccfa.org/
(click on 'Medical Central' to get to the 'Library' which has
information on 'Medications' as well as many other topics.)
(click on 'Chapters & Events' to locate a support group near you - if
you live in the United States.) (I know there are also support groups in
Canada - from the CCFC site. And I believe there are also support groups
that can be found from the UK site and the Australian site.)
(click on 'Links' to find one of the largest collection of links to
medical pages, as well as Crohn's & Colitis pages.)

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) (in English & French)
http://www.ccfc.ca/

National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC)
http://www.nacc.org.uk/
(in the United Kingdom.)

Australian Crohn's and Colitis Association (ACCA)
http://www.acca.net.au/
(There are separate sites for 'Queensland' and 'South Australia' and for
a Support Group in New Zealand. These are found on the 'Links' page.)

Links for many other National Support Organizations for Crohn's and
Colitis can be found on the 'Links' page of the CCFA site. Where some of
these do not have a web site, addresses and telephone numbers, along
with e-mail addresses (when available) are also listed there.

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'Living With Ulcerative Colitis'
http://www.asacol.com/
http://www.living-better.com/index.html (The US site.)
http://www.canada.living-better.com/index.html (The Canadian site.)
There is a lot of good information here. For me the information about
what to know before going to your doctor was especially useful. The US
site has been around longer, and therefore has more of the articles.
(These sites are sponsered by Proctor & Gamble the makers of Asacol.)
There is lots of good info here.
Personally I want to say "Thank you Proctor & Gamble."

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There are several lists of 'Frequently Asked Questions' (FAQ) about
Crohn's and Colitis. They are usually posted on this newsgroup every
couple weeks. These are several links to them.

Bill Robertson's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pages.
http://qurlyjoe.bu.edu/cduchome.html

The page with FAQ's here also lists an FAQ for 'Information Resources'
for IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), and FAQ for 'Collagenous Colitis',
and an FAQ for IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome).
There are a multitude of links from this home page as well.

'Collagenous Colitis' (also called 'Microscopic Colitis' or 'Lymphocytic
Colitis') is also one of the forms of IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
along with the more commonly known 'Crohn's Disease' and 'Ulcerative
Colitis.' It was only recently discovered, and gets its name from the
fact that the inflammation is not visible, but can only be detected
under a microscope.