Monthly Archives: April, 2017
IBS Awareness Month 2017: Approaching a Decade of IBS.
by Nina Pan, IBS Impact founder and primary blogger for IBS Impact. Four 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 …
Talk Health UK Online Clinic for Bowel Issues and IBS Still Open for April 2017
TalkHealth, a social media community in the United Kingdom provides UK-centered health information and online forums, and monthly “online clinics” where participants can ask questions of UK health experts and organizations for a given category of conditions. It is currently conducting its annual Bowel Issues and IBS Clinic for the IBS Awareness Month. It opened …
Free Online Webinar for IBS, Functional GI Disorders with Dr. Drossman, “Achieving Effective Patient-Provider Communication” on April 24, 2017
The American College of Gastroenterology has announced that for IBS Awareness Month, it will be sponsoring a free online webinar presented by Douglas Drossman, MD, MACG and one of his patients, Katie Errico on “Achieving Effective Patient-Provider Communication.” The webinar will take place on Monday, April 24, 2017 from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern time. The webinar …
Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: Misinformation, Mystery, and Muddling Through IBS
IBS Impact is pleased to welcome a guest blogger this week for IBS Awareness Month. We thank her for her time and sharing her important experiences and insights. Kathy Kersmarki lives in Winter Park, Florida. She worked twenty five years as an elementary school secretary/ bookkeeper and is now retired. After suffering for five decades …
April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month 2017
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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