Monthly Archives: June, 2017

Representatives Engel of New York and Loebsack of Iowa Co-Sponsor HR 1187 for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders

According to IFFGD and the official Congressional legislative database Congress.gov, Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY-16) and Representative Dave Loebsack (D-IA-2)  signed on earlier this month as co-sponsors of the Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2017. Representative Engel is serving his sixteenth term in the House of Representatives. His current district, the 16th Congressional District of New …

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New Updates to IBS Impact.com Main Website for June 2017

IBS Impact has recently completed the latest round of updates to many pages of our main website, IBS Impact.com. A few links have been replaced with updated versions Several links, articles and new research studies seeking volunteers. have been added on the news footer, IBS page,  advocacy page, research page, IBS studies page, resources page, …

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Research Links Gut Microbiome Changes to Brain Structure in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

The international gastroenterology conference, Digestive Disease Week, which traditionally takes place annually in mid-to-late May or early June generally brings a wealth of news on state of the science developments in gastroenterology research for a range of conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). One of the interesting and groundbreaking articles presented this year,  which has …

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