Monthly Archives: November, 2011
UNC Online Chat: “IBS Beyond the Bowel” (Non-Gastrointestinal Symptoms) on December 6.
The University of North Carolina Center for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders has announced the next online chat in its “Evening with the Experts” series. It will take place Tuesday, December 6, 2011 from 8:00-10:00 p.m. Eastern time. Olafur Palsson, PsyD. of the Center will be presenting on””IBS Beyond the Bowel: Why Do Some IBS Patients Have …
Broadening Peer Support and Mentoring Options for People With IBS
For many people with IBS, whether recently diagnosed or dealing with symptoms for many years, there are limited or no opportunities for mutual support in their own communities. This can be true even in large metropolitan areas where support groups for various disabilities and medical conditions are readily found through referral sources such as local …
Veterans With IBS and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Today is Veterans Day in the U.S., and as such, a good time to highlight some of this blog’s previous posts on veterans’ issues. U.S. veterans and current service members who have been deployed in the Persian Gulf/Southwest Asia region have been shown by multiple studies to be at even higher risk of IBS and …
Representative Baldwin of Wisconsin Co-Sponsors HR 2239 for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders
UPDATE: HR 2239 did not pass in the 112th Congress. In February 2013, the Act was reintroduced in the 113th Congress as HR 842. Please see the March 2, 2013 post or click on the HR 842 category on the blog sidebar for updated information. According to THOMAS, the Library of Congress legislative database, as …
New Updates to IBS Impact.com for November 2011
IBS Impact’s webmaster has recently completed updates to several pages of our main website. These additions and changes include the most current information on the progress of advocacy for the Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act (HR 2239), the addition of several open clinical trials for IBS, some of which have been previously …
Continuing Conversations with the Media about IBS
The American College of Gastroenterology recently held its 2011 annual meeting, distributing various media releases on the newest findings in the field. One IBS-specific topic, a Mayo Clinic study on the relationship of cumulative trauma or stress on the development of IBS, has generated particular interest from the mainstream national media in the past week …
UNC Online Chat: “Grassroots Advocacy” for IBS and Functional GI Disorders TONIGHT, November 1, 2011
The University of North Carolina Center for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders has announced the next online chat in its “Evening with the Experts” series. It will take place tonight, Tuesday, November 1,2011 from 8:00-10:00 p.m. Eastern time. Dane Christiansen, Washington Representative of IFFGD, will be presenting on”The Importance of Grassroots Advocacy: How Your Voice and Your Story …
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