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		<title>Clinical Trial: New or Ongoing Studies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) or Pediatric Chronic Abdominal Pain, June 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a selection of studies that have come to the attention of IBS Impact through various sources in the last few months. In most cases, the description below is a summary of major qualifications and details available, and other restrictions may apply.  If interested, please contact each listed sponsor or study site directly for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibsimpact.wordpress.com&#038;blog=24751707&#038;post=1451&#038;subd=ibsimpact&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Representative McGovern of Massachusetts Co-Sponsors HR 842 for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to THOMAS, the Library of Congress legislative database, and IFFGD/the Digestive Health Alliance,  on June 6, 2013, one day after Digestive Health Congressional Call-In Day, Representative James (Jim) McGovern (D-MA-2)  signed on as a co-sponsor to the Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2013. Representative McGovern is serving his ninth term as [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibsimpact.wordpress.com&#038;blog=24751707&#038;post=1442&#038;subd=ibsimpact&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Representative Welch of Vermont Co-Sponsors HR 842. Congressional Call-In Day for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders is June 5, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to THOMAS, the Library of Congress legislative database, and IFFGD/the Digestive Health Alliance, as of mid-May 2013, Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) has signed on as a co-sponsor to the Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2013. Representative Welch is serving his fourth term as a member of the House of Representatives. He [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibsimpact.wordpress.com&#038;blog=24751707&#038;post=1424&#038;subd=ibsimpact&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post : IBS- A Canadian Perspective, Tapping into Key Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 22:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Blogger Lyndin Kane of Running From the Runs returns this week with a post for her fellow Canadians with IBS, which was written especially for IBS Impact. Readers from all over the world, also see her popular guest post from April 8, 2013 for IBS Awareness Month, which was reposted from her own blog with [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibsimpact.wordpress.com&#038;blog=24751707&#038;post=1406&#038;subd=ibsimpact&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Representative Davis of California Co-Sponsors HR 842 for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to THOMAS, the Library of Congress legislative database, and IFFGD/the Digestive Health Alliance, as of early May 2013, Representative Susan Davis (D-CA-53) has signed on as a co-sponsor to the Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2013. Representative Davis is serving her seventh term as a member of the House of Representatives. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibsimpact.wordpress.com&#038;blog=24751707&#038;post=1397&#038;subd=ibsimpact&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Restroom Access Act (Ally&#8217;s Law) Updates in Maryland and Maine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of last month, April 2013, there are positive updates to report in two more U.S. states regarding Restroom Access Acts, popularly known as Ally&#8217;s Law. This brings the number of states with known restroom access laws, allowing people with medical conditions to use employee-only restrooms in retail establishments, to fifteen. In Maryland, according to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibsimpact.wordpress.com&#038;blog=24751707&#038;post=1385&#038;subd=ibsimpact&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Representative Kind of Wisconsin Co-Sponsors HR 842 for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to THOMAS, the Library of Congress legislative database, and IFFGD/the Digestive Health Alliance, as of late April 2013, Representative Ron Kind (D-WI-3) has signed on as a co-sponsor to the Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2013. Representative Kind is serving his ninth term as a member of the House of Representatives. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibsimpact.wordpress.com&#038;blog=24751707&#038;post=1378&#038;subd=ibsimpact&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food and Drug Administration Selects IBS, GERD and Gastroparesis for Patient-Focused Initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and its grassroots arm, the Digestive Health Alliance, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration has chosen three functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders to be included in its  &#8220;patient focused initiative.&#8221; (See IFFGD/DHA April 2013  FDA news here.) The FDA is responsible for the review, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibsimpact.wordpress.com&#038;blog=24751707&#038;post=1373&#038;subd=ibsimpact&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Perspective of 5 Years and 6 IBS Awareness Months</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Nina Pan, IBS Impact founder and primary blogger for IBS Impact In late 2007, very abruptly after decades of excellent physical and mental health, I became a person with severe pain-predominant IBS and numerous extraintestinal symptoms. Despite immediate and correct diagnosis by two physicians within days of onset, prompt treatment across the spectrum of reputable conventional and complementary [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibsimpact.wordpress.com&#038;blog=24751707&#038;post=1357&#038;subd=ibsimpact&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: Stigma and Chronic Illness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s guest blogger is Tiffany Taft, PsyD. of Oak Park Behavioral Medicine, LLC. and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Taft and her partner in private practice, Stephanie Horgan, LCSW, work with adults and children with a range of chronic medical conditions, with a special interest and expertise in gastrointestinal disorders like IBS [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibsimpact.wordpress.com&#038;blog=24751707&#038;post=1354&#038;subd=ibsimpact&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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