​The study of irritable bowel syndrome has increased greatly in just the past few years. While there is much that science is uncovering, it is still a relatively young field of research. Turn to this page often to find new information as it comes to light, including the results of current studies and fresh prospects for treatment.

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IBS News & Updates 2016

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December 2016

• How to Get Rid of Bloating: 9 Strategies Backed by Science
• One Breath into This Breathalyzer Can Diagnose 17 Diseases
• Low FODMAP Diet Improves Health in People with IBS
• Low-FODMAP Diet Offers Broad Benefits in IBS
• Type of Psychotherapy Matters in Treatment of IBS​

​November 2016

• New Research Links Genetic Defects in Carbohydrate Digestion to IBS
• Yoga May Benefit IBS Patients
• How Do You Get IBS? Can It Be Cured?
• Low FODMAP Diet Improves IBS-D Symptoms
• One Gene, Many Disorders: Could One Gene Help Explain ME/CFS, FM, POTS, IBS, EDS, IBS and Others
• 5 Tips to Control IBS When You Travel

October 2016

• IBgard® Brings Symptom Relief to Millions of Canadians with IBS
• A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Low-FODMAP Diet vs. Modified NICE Guidelines in US Adults with IBS-D
• ​"Picture My IBS" Campaign to Improve Patient-Physician Communication about IBS
• The Healing Effect of Faecal Microbiota Transplantation
• Gut Feeling: How Your Microbiota Affects Your Mood, Sleep and Stress Levels
• What Are the Retail Prospects for Low-FODMAP Foods?

​September 2016

• ​Clinical Trials Will Test the Impact of Vitamin D on IBS
• What It's Like to Have IBS
• Migraine Associated with Functional GI Disorders in Children and Adolescents
• Evidence That Independent Gut-to-Brain and Brain-to-Gut Pathways Operate in IBS and Functional Dyspepsia
• IBgard Safe, Well Tolerated in IBS Patients
• Biomerica: The Next Major IBS Product
• Brain, Gut Link Found in IBS Sufferers
• IBS Associated with Independent Brain-to-Gut and Gut-to-Brain Pathways

August 2016

• ​A US Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing the Low FODMAP Diet vs. Modified Nice Guidelines in Adults With IBS-D: Primary and Key Secondary Endpoints
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome More Common In People With Epilepsy
• Rosacea Tied to Higher Risk of GI Diseases
• Blood Test Cuts Costs and Speeds IBS Diagnosis
• Genes Linked to People's Bowel Habits
• The Microbiome and Stress: Relevance to Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Your Microbial Nation: How Bacteria Went from Menace to Superfood
• New-Onset IBS Common after C. difficile Infection
• SYN-010 for IBS-C to Enter Phase 3 Development following FDA Meeting
• Biological Explanation for Wheat Sensitivity Found

July 2016​

• Your Soap and Toothpaste Could Be Messing with Your Microbiome
• Gastrointestinal Disorders Involve Both Brain-to-Gut and Gut-to-Brain Pathways
• Phase 2 Trials of Methane Inhibitor Improved Symptoms of IBS-C
• IBS vs. Gastroenteritis (Stomach Flu): Causes, Complications, and Treatment
• Fecal Microbiota Transplant: Does It Hold Promise for IBS?
• Personal (Success) Story: The Sh*tty Truth of Living with IBS
• Survey: IBS Is An Isolating, Devastating Disorder

June 2016

• IBS Patients Often Go Without Medical Care and Self-Treat 
• Fructose Malabsorption, Symptom Severity, IBS Subtype Predict Response to Low-FODMAP Diet 
• Spiders Put the Bite on IBS Pain 

​May 2016

• IBS Blood Test Gives Physician, Patient Confidence in Diagnosis of IBS-D and IBS-M 
• Mindfulness Training Improves IBS Symptoms, Quality of Life
• First Clinical Trial of Its Kind in the US Demonstrates Success of Low-FODMAP Diet 
• Five Categories of Lower GI Functional Bowel Disorders in Revised Rome IV Criteria 
• Low FODMAPs Linked to Altered Metabolome, Improve IBS Symptoms 
• Gut-Directed Hypnosis More Effective for Treating IBS 
• ​Rice Milk Revisited: Now Considered Low-FODMAP! 
• New Breath Test May Help Diagnose IBS 
• New Historic IBS Study Forthcoming in Canada 

April 2016

• ​Follow-Up of Patients with Functional Bowel Symptoms Treated with a Low-FODMAP Diet 
• Psyllium Fiber Found to Reduce Abdominal Pain in Children with IBS 
• IBS Is "Migraine of the Bowels" 

March 2016

• Migraine Linked to IBS 
• Low-FODMAP Diet May Significantly Improve IBS Symptoms 
• Efficacy of Low-FODMAP Diet for IBS ​
• Probiotic Effective for IBS and Eradicates SIBO 
• A Low-FODMAP Diet Lowers Histamine Levels 
• FODMAPs Alter Symptoms and the Metabolome of Patients with IBS 

February 2016

• ​IBS, Migraines, and Tension Headaches May Be Genetically Linked 

January 2016

• Hay Fever Medicine Reduces Symptoms of IBS 
• ​​Inflammatory Mediators in Irritable Bowel Syndrome 

October 2015

• Zonulin Serum Levels Increase in Nonceliac Gluten Sensitivity, IBS​

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