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Your IBS may show up on a brain scan! For as long as I can remember, I’ve read that irritable bowel syndrome has no organic cause. I argued on one of the pages around here, that this was impossible. There had to be some kind of change or things would, be the same. I.e, no IBS. . . . Read more → This is your brain on IBS Can your brain cure IBS? Studies say yes. Studies by researchers at Department of Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester, UK have shown something amazing. They’ve been treating IBS with hypnosis with dramatic success. People with IBS were taught about bowel functions and then hypnotized during 12 hypnosis sessions. After completing the series many people . . . Read more → IBS and Hypnosis… A cure? Researchers put together a study to see if fake pills could have a real effect for people with IBS. And the pills worked! Unlike most placebo tests, the researchers told the people in the study that the pills were placebos, but amazingly the pills still helped. Basically the doctors said, “Here is a fake pill . . . Read more → Placebo IBS pills work even if the patient knows they are fake. What a miserable trio! Many people with IBS find that they also have bouts of anxiety and/or depression. If this sounds like you, please know that you are not alone. Scientific studies have shown that people with IBS are very likely to also have problems with anxiety and/or depression. IBS and Depression… Is there a . . . Read more → IBS Depression and Anxiety How your mind could be giving your body IBS, and what you can do about it. Most people have heard the expression “If you have the guts”. There are a lot of expressions like that: Intestinal fortitude, do you have the guts, fire in the belly, a gut reaction, I had a gut feeling about that, etc. What . . . Read more → The Brain Gut Connection Proof that bacteria may be causing your IBS symptoms. Two important clinical studies from the University of North Carolina, show Rifaximin (sold under the brand name Xifaxan) can reduce or eliminate IBS symptoms in many people. Researchers gave people with IBS-D (the diarrhea type) 550 milligrams of Rifaximin 3 times a day for two weeks. . . . Read more → Rifaximin and IBS |
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