Home > Medical > IBS > News News Find breaking news on the latest treatments for IBS and recent research studies on the causes, symptoms and management of irritable bowel syndrome. Are your emotions having a negative effect on your gut? When you feel nervous or threatened, digestion can slow or stop – and that might result in cramps or diarrhoea. 5 questions to help doctors diagnose IBS Irritable bowel syndrome remains hard to diagnose. These questions may help patients and doctors to understand the condition better. Hypnotherapy for IBS? What you should know Don’t dismiss hypnotherapy as bogus, the experts say. Here’s how hypnotherapy can help reduce some of the symptoms associated with IBS. Could this parasite help us understand IBS better? New research on a common parasite could help us understand – and treat – IBS better in the future. How to manage your IBS during the end-of-year festivities Christmas and year-end functions are getting closer. Here are tips on how to manage your IBS when exposed to food prepared by other people. 5 ways to survive the festive season with IBS Here's some good advice on how to cope with irritable bowel syndrome – from travelling to eating at your favourite restaurant. Would you be offended if a friend visited and brought their own toilet paper? Living with IBS can be challenging. Sometimes symptoms will strike without warning, causing debilitating pain or the need to go to the bathroom immediately. IBS or cancer – how do you tell the difference? IBS and colon cancer are two very different conditions but they do share a number of symptoms. Antibiotics and IBS – cure or culprit? Antibiotics can have an effect on one's gut flora, but will this aggravate IBS symptoms? SEE: Understanding IBS and FODMAPs Understanding FODMAPs could help with IBS symptoms. This infographic shows what FODMAPs are and how they can affect you if you suffer from IBS. load more
Are your emotions having a negative effect on your gut? When you feel nervous or threatened, digestion can slow or stop – and that might result in cramps or diarrhoea.
5 questions to help doctors diagnose IBS Irritable bowel syndrome remains hard to diagnose. These questions may help patients and doctors to understand the condition better.
Hypnotherapy for IBS? What you should know Don’t dismiss hypnotherapy as bogus, the experts say. Here’s how hypnotherapy can help reduce some of the symptoms associated with IBS.
Could this parasite help us understand IBS better? New research on a common parasite could help us understand – and treat – IBS better in the future.
How to manage your IBS during the end-of-year festivities Christmas and year-end functions are getting closer. Here are tips on how to manage your IBS when exposed to food prepared by other people.
5 ways to survive the festive season with IBS Here's some good advice on how to cope with irritable bowel syndrome – from travelling to eating at your favourite restaurant.
Would you be offended if a friend visited and brought their own toilet paper? Living with IBS can be challenging. Sometimes symptoms will strike without warning, causing debilitating pain or the need to go to the bathroom immediately.
IBS or cancer – how do you tell the difference? IBS and colon cancer are two very different conditions but they do share a number of symptoms.
Antibiotics and IBS – cure or culprit? Antibiotics can have an effect on one's gut flora, but will this aggravate IBS symptoms?
SEE: Understanding IBS and FODMAPs Understanding FODMAPs could help with IBS symptoms. This infographic shows what FODMAPs are and how they can affect you if you suffer from IBS.