| 6 Health - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Resources |
| Brain Response Differences In The Way Women With IBS Anticipate And React To Pain
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| UCLA researchers found that women with IBS cannot effectively turn-off a pain modulation mechanism in the brain, which causes them to be more sensitive to abdominal pain, compared to women without IBS.
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January 12, 2008 |
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| Breath Test Can Discriminate Between A Bacterial Overgrowth And IBS
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| The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is colonized by bacteria immediately after birth; Escherichia coli, Streptococci and Clostridi are the first bacteria harboured by the colon, followed by anaerobic Enterococci, Lattobacilli and Bacteroidi.
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December 20, 2007 |
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| Gene Therapy: Oral Gene Delivery System For Inflammatory Bowel Disease Works, Study Shows
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| Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) afflicts as many as 10 out of 100,000 people in the United States and currently available treatment options are short-term and invasive with toxic side effects.
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May 22, 2008 |
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| Controlling Fecal Incontinence.
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| New Drug Treats IBS With Constipation
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| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the drug Amitiza for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation in women ages 18 and older.
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May 19, 2008 |
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