Monthly Archives: January, 2015
January 2015 Update on American Gut, British Gut and Australian Gut Human Microbiome Projects
As many readers of this blog are probably aware, the potential roles of “good” and “bad” gut bacteria in gastrointestinal disorders like IBS is somewhat of a “hot topic” in recent years, capturing much attention in both scientific and mainstream media. This field of research appears to be promising, but despite the hype, actual scientific understanding is …
In-Person Support for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in the United Kingdom
After the most recent post on this blog about the relative dearth of support and education options for people with IBS in their own communities (See the January 12, 2015 post), we were contacted by the IBS Network, the national charity for IBS in the United Kingdom. It was communicated that the organization does have …
Why Are Community-Based Education and Support for IBS So Hard to Find?
In many communities, at least in the United States, it is very common for a person recently diagnosed with, for example, diabetes or kidney disease, to be promptly referred to some sort of seminar or ongoing class designed to educate the person on his or her medical condition and appropriate management. Very often, these educational …
IBS Impact’s Top 25 (or 33!) Countries and Top 10 Posts of 2014
For this first week of the New Year, IBS Impact is once again participating in the common December-January blogger tradition of highlighting popular posts and interesting blog statistics from the year just past. This blog reached readers in 94 countries and territories during 2014, and 124 in the three years that WordPress has made country statistics available to individual blog owners. While, predictably, most of …
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