Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story with fecal incontinence: “DO NOT QUIT” Several years ago I began having episodes of fecal incontinence at night while asleep. Sometimes every few months or multiple times a week. I chalked it up to the frequent diarrhea I had been having since my gastric bypass in 2002. Then I began having minor […]
Personal Story
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Testimony
The following written comments were submitted to the Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration by IFFGD President, Ceciel T. Rooker, in response to Docket No. FDA-2019-D-4247 on December 30, 2019. Thank you for your leadership at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The International Foundation for […]
Testimony
IFFGD Vice-President, William Norton, submitted the following written public testimony to the FDA in connection with a January 11, 2012 meeting of the Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee to consider the premarket approval of the LINX Reflux Management System for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD): On behalf […]
Testimony
IFFGD President, Ceciel Rooker, submitted the following written statement to the House and Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies regarding Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 appropriations for medical research and public health programs. April 9, 2019 STATEMENT OF CECIEL T. ROOKER PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR […]
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Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) In this episode of 5 Minutes in GI, we sit down with Dr. Thangam Venkatesan and Dr. Benjamin Liu to discuss Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS). The original video has been split into two parts to make the content easily digestible (pun intended). This is part 2: Understanding CHS and Its Connection […]
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