IBD Patients and COVID-19: What They Need to Know and Tips for Managing Stress
Sara N. Horst, M.D., M.P.H, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, provided the following insight for IBD patients and their caregivers. Dr. Horst is a gastroenterologist who specializes in the care of inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. She …
How to Keep IBS from Ruining Your Relationship with Food
Instead of letting your irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) diet control your life and potentially ruin your relationship with food, follow these steps to set yourself up for success! Work with a dietitian before changing your diet It’s essential to work…
5 Ways to Manage Stress Through Journaling
When you have a digestive condition, managing stress can be a key part of your treatment plan. While we know that stress didn’t cause your digestive condition, taking steps to lower your stress can help you manage your digestive symptoms.…
Does Stress Cause IBS?
Many people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have been told that if they could just stop worrying, their IBS would be cured. While this is definitely NOT true, we are learning that stress and IBS symptoms may be linked in…
Five Things Patients Need to Know About Opioids
Opioids were one of the earliest classes of medications used for pain across a variety of conditions, but morbidity and mortality have been increasingly associated with their chronic use. Despite these negative consequences, chronic opioid use is increasing worldwide, with…
Study Suggests Link Between Probiotic Use and Brain Fogginess, Severe Bloating
Probiotics may cause a significant accumulation of bacteria in the small intestine that can result in disorienting brain fogginess as well as rapid, significant belly bloating, according to a recent study published in the journal Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology. Access…
NEW ACG Monograph Updates Evidence-Based Info on Management of IBS, Including Dietary, Psychological Therapies
The American College of Gastroenterology recently published its latest Monograph on Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Access the Monograph Treating IBS can be challenging because no “validated treatment algorithm exists,” the authors write,…
IBS—From Symptom to Disease: Five Things to Know
In a recent Healio Gastronenterology article, Dr. William Chey, of the University of Michigan, explained the challenges of IBS and why we need to create a future in which we can identify an effective solution for some IBS patients that…
Money or altruism: What motivates people to donate their poop to medicine?
Appealing to a concern for others is the best way to recruit most people to donate their stool for medicine, while cash rewards may be an additional motivator for some potential donors, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week®…
Home-based Mindfulness Treatment Regimen May Give IBS Patients Significant Relief
People living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may find significant relief from a treatment regimen that utilizes mindfulness as of way of controlling symptoms and requires minimal clinician contact, according to University of Buffalo researchers in collaboration with colleagues at New York University…
Behavioral Modification, Low-Dose Anti-Depressants, Not Surgery, May be Appropriate for Most Patients with Acid Reflux
As the number of Americans with acid reflux grows, a study by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus suggests noninvasive interventions like behavioral interventions and low-dose antidepressants are appropriate for most patients with gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GERD) that does…
Chronic IBS or Abdominal Pain? Ten Tips for Self-Management from Dr. Drossman
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common and burdensome chronic conditions, reported by patients, according to the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD). With an estimated 30 to 45 million people in the United States — 10 to…