Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS); Spastic Colon |
In gastroenterology, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or spastic colon is a functional bowel disorder characterized by abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits which are not associated with any abnormalities seen on routine clinical testing. It is fairly common and makes up 20-50% of visits to gastroenterologists. There are two forms, dependent on which symptom predominates: Lower abdominal pain IBS and Non-ulcer dyspepsia. The abdominal pain type is usually described in a patient as either ...
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome News Headlines
- Stress raises risk of irritable bowel syndrome
Reuters - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:17 EST
- Stress, anxiety can cause irritable bowel syndrome, say researchers
The Earth Times - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:57 EST
- Proteases Cause Pain In Irritable Bowel Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Overly Anxious And Driven People Prone To Irritable Bowel Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Overly Anxious And Driven People Prone To Irritable Bowel Syndrome
ScienceDaily - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Proteases Cause Pain In Irritable Bowel Syndrome
ScienceDaily - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- 'Perfectionism' bowel pain link
BBC - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:09 EST
- Lexicon Genetics Initiates Clinical Trials Of LX1031 For Irritable Bowel Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Anxiety During Illness May Trigger IBS
WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:20 EST
- Anxiety During Illness May Trigger IBS
WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Overly anxious, driven linked to IBS
The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:24 EST
- Home test kits to screen for bowel cancer could save lives
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:36 EST
- FDA Notes Baby Vaccine Bowel Problems
WebMD - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:57 EST
- Lexicon Genetics Files Investigational New Drug Application For LX1031 In Irritable Bowel Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- FDA says Merck's RotaTeq may cause dangerous bowel problem
The Earth Times - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:45 EST
- FDA says Merck vaccine linked to bowel problem
Reuters - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:27 EST
- Down Syndrome Brain Function Improved In Mice
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Bowel problem seen in infants given Merck vaccine
Reuters - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:53 EST
- Bowel problem seen in infants given Merck vaccine
Reuters - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:39 EST
- Human Factors/ergonomics Research Can Help Workers Avoid Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
- Pharmacist-Driven Outreach Lowers Metabolic Syndrome Rates
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
- Pharmacist-driven Outreach Lowers Metabolic Syndrome Rates
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Drug may treat mental symptoms of Down syndrome
Reuters - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:13 EST
- New Screening Protocol Identifies More Cases Of Lynch Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Anti-seizure drug calms irritable kids
Reuters - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:01 EST
- Rare Mutation Causes Early Heart Disease And Metabolic Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
- Drug Treatment Improves Learning In Mice With Down Syndrome Symptoms, Study Shows
ScienceDaily - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- FDA Notes Baby Vaccine Bowel Problems
MedicineNet - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Investigating Links Between Treating Sleep Apnea And Reducing The Risk Of Heart Disease And Diabetes
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Scientists say an old, unused drug may offer treatment of Down's
The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:51 EST
- Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS): Are You a Night Walker?
WebMD - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- New Screening Protocol Identifies More Case Of Lynch Syndrome
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Shortening Chromosomes Cause For Earlier Cancer Onset In Families With Rare Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Primary Graft Dysfunction Is Risk Factor For A Later Serious Lung Transplant Problem
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
- Bladder Necrosis Following Hydrodistention In Patients With Interstitial Cystitis
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Choline Shows Promise In Reducing Behavioral Effects Associated With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
- Sensitization Of Pelvic Nerve Afferents And Mast Cell Infiltration In The Urinary Bladder Following Chronic Colonic Irritation Is Mediated By Neuropep
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Decades-Long Study Will Help Improve Surgery For Crohn's Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Personal Health: A Mix of Medicines That Can Be Lethal
New York Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:39 EST
- Scientists Reverse Autism-like Symptoms In Genetic Mouse Model Of Rett Syndrome
ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Decades-Long Study Will Help Improve Surgery For Crohn's Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Researchers Discover Protein That Appears To Regulate Bone Mass Loss, The Cause Of Osteoporosis
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Blood Pressure Heads Down In The Absence Of Protein Involved In Metabolic Syndrome
ScienceDaily - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Pregnancy And Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Primary Graft Dysfunction Is Risk Factor For A Later Serious Lung Transplant Problem
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Wrist posture contributes to carpal tunnel
The Earth Times - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:37 EST
- Shortening Chromosomes Cause For Earlier Cancer Onset In Families With Rare Syndrome
ScienceDaily - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Gifted? Autistic? Or Just Quirky?
Washington Post - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Need For Exploratory Surgery Avoided As MDCT Accurately Locates Bowel Perforation
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:00 EST
- Neutrophils Need Glucose-6-Phosphatase-Beta
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Drug may boost Down's learning
BBC - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:08 EST
- Nutritional Supplement Given After Birth Improves Learning And Behavior In Rats Exposed To ...
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Angelman Syndrome Deficits Rescued In Mice
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Sigmoid Colon Vaginoplasty In Children
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Eye Movement Tasks Can Be Used To Assess Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Multidetector CT finds bowel perforation
The Earth Times - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Progress Is Reported on a Type of Autism
New York Times - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:27 EST
- Study Offers Treatment Hope For Rett Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Multidetector CT Accurately Locates Bowel Perforation Avoiding Need For Exploratory Surgery
ScienceDaily - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Pain meets politics in focus on chronic fatigue
MSNBC - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:52 EST
- Gut bacteria used in new treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
The Earth Times - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:35 EST
- Caregivers suffer during child's ear aches
The Earth Times - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:38 EST
- Keep On Typing
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- FISH-ing For Links Between Cancer And Aging
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Blood Pressure Heads Down In The Absence Of PPAR-gamma
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Medical Therapy For Restless Legs Syndrome May Trigger Compulsive Gambling
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Safer Prenatal Test for Down's Syndrome
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:15 EST
- Eye Movement Tasks Can Be Used To Assess Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Gene Found For Rare Disorder May Reveal New Pathway In Mental Retardation
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Higher Nitric Oxide Levels Increase Survival For Acute Lung Injury And Acute Respiratory ...
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Winter Colds, Over-wrapping Raise The Risk Of SIDS, Doctors Warn
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Winter may increase SIDS risk
The Earth Times - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:42 EST
- Personal Health: Hard-Knock Lessons From the Concussion Files
New York Times - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:10 EST
- Probiotic may be helpful for abdominal pain
Reuters - Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:41 EST
- Breakthrough for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
The Earth Times - Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:46 EST
- Timing Is Critical Factor In Success Of Treatment, Benchmark Fetal Surgery Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Women Taking Clomiphene More Likely To Become Pregnant Than Women Taking Metformin, NEJM Study Says
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Genetic Engineering Cures Mice Of Brain Disorder
ScienceDaily - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Joint Fusion And Joint Inflammation Should Be Considered Separate Therapeutic Targets
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Antibiotic may treat irritable bowel syndrome
Reuters - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:52 EST
- Surprise hope for recovery from Rett syndrome
MSNBC - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:37 EST
- Antibiotic May Aid Irritable Bowel
WebMD - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:00 EST
- Link Found Between Muscle Damage During Childbirth, Condition Causing Fallen Bladder, Uterus
ScienceDaily - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Hope raised for reversing severe childhood disease
Reuters - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:41 EST
- Medical Therapy For Restless Legs Syndrome May Trigger Compulsive Gambling
ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Standard Therapy More Effective Than Diabetes Drug In Helping Women With PCOS Achieve Pregnancy
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder Could Be Reversible
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Commemorates 15 Years Of Trusted Leadership With Asacol(R) (Mesalamine) Delayed-Release Tablets
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Metabolic Syndrome Link To Cardiovascular Disease Supported By Existing Research
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
- Growth Factors Given With Chemotherapy Associated With Increased Risk Of Blood Diseases
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Preclinical Results Of Geovax's AIDS Vaccines Demonstrate Potential To Protect Against Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Study finds more autism, other childhood disorders
Reuters - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:27 EST
- Neurocrine Biosciences Announces Initiation Of Phase II Clinical Trials With CRF1 Antagonist For Anxiety And IBS
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Bowel disease linked to pregnancy problems
Reuters - Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:44 EST
- FISH-ing For Links Between Cancer And Aging
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Denmark notes increase in autistic children
MSNBC - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:23 EST
- Standard Therapy More Effective Than Diabetes Drug for Achieving Pregnancy in Common Fertility Disorder - February 7, 2007
National Institutes of Health - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:07 EST
- Study reveals increasing incidence of autism, other disorders in children
The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:39 EST
- Health concerns linked to irregular periods
The Earth Times - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:40 EST
- Trapped in Your Own Body
ABC News - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:29 EST

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