Gastro Girl Blog

A collection of helpful articles curated and written by Gastro Girl.

January 16, 2025

Gastro Girl Unveils ‘Ask Gastro Girl’: The AI-Powered App Redefining Access to Digestive Health Support

Startup life is relentless. The challenges are overwhelming, the sacrifices endless, and at times, the vision you’re fighting for can feel distant. But for me, that vision has always been about bold thinking—challenging the status quo and empowering people to take control of their digestive health.

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January 3, 2025

Ask Gastro Girl App: AI-Powered Support for Gut Health

Startup life is relentless. The challenges are overwhelming, the sacrifices endless, and at times, the vision you’re fighting for can feel distant. But for me, that vision has always been about bold thinking—challenging the status quo and empowering people to take control of their digestive health.

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November 20, 2024

The Day Elon Musk Followed Me

Startup life is relentless. The challenges are overwhelming, the sacrifices endless, and at times, the vision you’re fighting for can feel distant. But for me, that vision has always been about bold thinking—challenging the status quo and empowering people to take control of their digestive health.

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August 22, 2024

Merch Drop!

The Gastro Girl Team is super excited to share our very first Merch Drop! Please check out our debut collection and let us know what you think! Your purchases support our patient-centric efforts to provide evidence-based digestive health education, content, access to expertise and support for everyone. Thank you!

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August 22, 2023

What Primary Care and Emergency Medicine Providers Need To Know About EoE In Adults

Dr. Pooja Singhal, a Gastroenterologist in Oklahoma City, OK offers some helpful tips and suggested questions that may help primary or emergency care providers recognize the clinical presentation of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) in adults.

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August 2, 2023

What Primary Care and Emergency Medicine Providers Need To Know About EoE In Children

Dr. Sophia Patel, a Pediatric Gastroenterologist at The Cleveland Clinic shares her expertise on the clinical presentation of Eosinophilic Esophagitis as well as other forms of dysphagia in children.

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June 24, 2023

Tenapanor (IBSRELA) for Treatment of IBS-C: Effective Over 26 Weeks

Conventionally, patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are subgrouped based on their predominant bowel habit. Given the relevance of psychological comorbidity to IBS symptoms, our aim was to explore an alternative approach to subgrouping by incorporating factors beyond stool form and frequency.

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June 24, 2023

Let’s talk about your IBS-C symptoms

Since there are different underlying causes of IBS-C, there is no single treatment approach that is right for everyone. This form will help you and your healthcare provider determine whether your current treatment is right for you, or if it makes sense to try a different approach.

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June 24, 2023

The Low FODMAP Diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Not sure what the low FODMAP diet is or if it is right for you? Get the evidence-based information you need to know before trying this approach from instructor Emily Haller, MS, RDN

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June 24, 2023

Stress and Your Gut: Why it Matters in Digestive Conditions

In this FREE WEBINAR, Megan Riehl, PsyD, MA, explains: Why the brain-gut axis matters in GI conditions, how to calm your stomach during times of stress, which digestive conditions respond well to improvements in stress management and more!

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June 24, 2023

The Benefits of Diaphragmatic Breathing

In this FREE WEBINAR, Megan Riehl, PsyD, MA, explains the benefits of diaphragmatic breathing for lowering stress and reducing unpleasant GI symptoms

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June 23, 2023

A Novel Method to Classify and Subgroup Patients With IBS Based on Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Psychological Profiles

Conventionally, patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are subgrouped based on their predominant bowel habit. Given the relevance of psychological comorbidity to IBS symptoms, our aim was to explore an alternative approach to subgrouping by incorporating factors beyond stool form and frequency.

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