Irritable Bowel Syndrome News

Anthony Lembo, MD, Director of Research for Cleveland Clinic's Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, discusses the diagnostic process for patients presenting with constipation; approaching management of patients with IBS-C and CIC; treatment options and recent therapeutic advances; health disparities; and important challenges of care.

Anthony Lembo, MD, Director of Research for Cleveland Clinic's Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, discusses the diagnostic process for patients presenting with constipation; approaching management of patients with IBS-C and CIC; treatment options and recent therapeutic advances; health disparities; and important challenges of care.

Anthony Lembo, MD, Director of Research for Cleveland Clinic's Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, discusses the diagnostic process for patients presenting with constipation; approaching management of patients with IBS-C and CIC; treatment options and recent therapeutic advances; health disparities; and important challenges of care.

Anthony Lembo, MD, Director of Research for Cleveland Clinic's Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, discusses the diagnostic process for patients presenting with constipation; approaching management of patients with IBS with constipation and chronic idiopathic constipation; treatment options and recent therapeutic advances; health disparities; and important challenges of care.

More than half of the respondents in Salix Pharmaceutical’s annual patient perspective survey reported waiting at least a year before mentioning their irritable bowel syndrome symptoms to a health care provider.

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 increased the risk for long-term gastrointestinal problems within 1 year, including motility disorders, acute pancreatitis and liver disease, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

In a Healio video exclusive, Sam Jactel, CEO and founder of Ayble Health, highlights how the symptom management mobile app could improve quality of life for patients with chronic gastrointestinal conditions.

WASHINGTON — College athletes frequently reported irritable bowel syndrome and gastrointestinal distress, which were linked to sports performance anxiety and fear of food, according to a poster presented here.

Travel is a common part of life that we often take for granted — from simple acts of running errands and commuting to work to the bigger trips of visiting out-of-state loved ones and experiencing life-changing moments of world travel.

Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 had a “modest increased risk” for long-term gastrointestinal symptoms and irritable bowel syndrome compared with control patients, according to research published in Gut.