Monthly Archives: April, 2015
Guest Post from New Zealand for IBS Awareness Month: We Should Be Able to Talk About This
IBS Impact is pleased to welcome a guest blogger this week. Jay Thompson-Munn is now self-employed as a graphic designer and virtual assistant, after transitioning from high-level administrative employment in order to accommodate her IBS and other health conditions which commonly overlap with IBS. She also has several family members with IBS and/or other GI …
7 Years and 8 Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Months of Forward Motion
by Nina Pan, IBS Impact founder and primary blogger for IBS Impact. Two years ago, on April 24, 2013, I wrote a post for IBS Awareness Month that began with some reflections on my personal experiences with IBS, as well as my motivations for IBS Impact. At that time, I had been living with IBS for …
Free Online Webinar for IBS with Dr. Drossman, “How to Make the Most of Your Doctor Visit” on April 16, 2015
The American College of Gastroenterology, the Rome Foundation, and the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD) have announced that for IBS Awareness Month, they will be sponsoring a free online webinar presented by Douglas Drossman, MD, MACG on “How to Make the Most of Your Doctor Visit.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, …
Something Traditional and Something New for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month 2015
April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month. IBS affects, depending on the source, at least 25 million and perhaps up to 58 million women, men and children in the United States and anywhere from 9-23% of the population in different countries on every continent of the world. In the U.S, this prevalence exceeds that of diabetes, chronic …
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