Monthly Archives: February, 2013

More Things To Say and Not to Say to People With IBS

Recently About.com IBS Guide Dr. Barbara Bradley Bolen blogged on 10 insensitive  comments or close variations often heard by people with IBS from those around us, along with 5 comments that many people with IBS would appreciate as helpful. According to Dr. Bolen, this post grew out of a joint project with many of her fellow About.com Guides who created their …

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Online Study: Eating Behaviors, IBS, Thoughts, Relationships and Distress, the University of Liverpool

This study is being conducted by Gemma Culverwell,  a trainee clinical psychologist under supervision by the University of Liverpool and the Salford Royal Foundation Trust. This anonymous online survey  is open to men and women ages 18 and over. You need not have an official diagnosis of IBS or an eating disorder to participate According to the study description, the questionnaire …

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New Updates to IBS Impact.com for February 2013

Updates to some pages of the IBS Impact main website have been completed recently.  These changes include the most current information and links on the progress of advocacy for the Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act, known as HR 2239 in the 112th U.S. Congress, which is expected to be reintroduced in the current 113th …

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The IBS Cartoonist

Although IBS Impact was founded and is administered by people with IBS and this blog is written by a person with IBS for people with IBS and those who support us, it is intentionally different from many existing personal blogs about IBS , in that it doesn’t focus on a single individual’s own experiences, on management …

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