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GI Nerd Alert! IBSLife is Here! A new online resource for people living with IBS has hit the internet, and CGH’s own behavioral specialist and counselor, Jed Foster, MA, LMFT, is featured in one of their first articles! By James E. “Jed” Foster, Jr., MA, LMFT One of the many rewarding parts of my […]
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 […]
