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ACUPUNCTURE EASES DISCOMFORT AFTER EATING Check out this article in MedPage Today about the possible benefit of acupuncture for post-prandial distress syndrome, a common condition related to nerve hypersensitivity in the gut that cause abdominal pain and/or bloating after eating. MedPage Today: Acupuncture Eases Postprandial Distress Syndrome “In patients with postprandial distress syndrome […]
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH WORKS BETTER FOR IBS This recent article presented at Digestive Diseases Week reinforces what our practice already knows: for irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia “a multidisciplinary approach “was superior for global symptoms, improvement in specific functional symptoms, psychological state, quality of life, and cost” to care from a gastroenterologist alone.” Gastroenterology […]
Early Adverse Life Events and Risk for Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Liz Moon, NP A study published earlier this year in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology looked at risk and protective factors related to how early adverse life (EALs) impact irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Please feel free to read the study here: NCBI: Association between Early Adverse Life […]
IBS AND ENDOMETRIOSIS OVERLAP Check out this article in MedPage Today that discusses the overlap between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and endometriosis (an often painful disorder in which tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus grows outside your uterus). Endometriosis is a condition that can commonly manifest with […]
