Vitamin D supplements could ease painful IBS symptoms

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Vitamin D supplements could help to ease painful Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) symptoms, a new study from the University of Sheffield has found. Scientists from the University’s Department of Oncology

Genetic link to IBS identified in women

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

New research coordinated by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden links certain DNA variants to increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in women. The findings, published in the scientific journal Gastroenterology,

Biomarkers for irritable bowel syndrome

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Little is still known about the exact causes of irritable bowel syndrome. An international team with significant involvement from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has provided initial clues about

IBS patients obtain robust, enduring relief from home-based treatment program

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

In the largest federally funded non-drug clinical trial for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), patients with the most severe and persistent symptoms achieved robust and sustained relief by learning to control

Listening to gut noises could improve diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Utilizing newly adapted artificial intelligence, researchers have developed an acoustic belt that offers a new way to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by listening to the noises in a patient’s

Gut gas linked to diarrhea

October 7, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Cedars-Sinai investigators have for the first time identified a gas produced in gut that could improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients with two common intestinal illnesses — small intestine

Early source of irritable bowel syndrome discovered

October 7, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Michigan State University scientists have identified an early cause of intestinal inflammation, one of the first stages of inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, which afflict around 11 percent

Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea traced to immune cells

October 7, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Some 50 to 80 percent of cancer patients taking powerful chemotherapy drugs develop diarrhea, which can be severe and in some cases life-threatening. Their problems occur when contractions in the

Insights from metabolites get us closer to a test for chronic fatigue syndrome

October 7, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

A study led by researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health has identified a constellation of metabolites related to myalgic

Protecting probiotics from the stomach

October 7, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

The small intestine is a hotbed of microbial activity and a target of probiotic treatments for diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, among other conditions. To make it