Personal Story
Dee’s Personal Story: Living with the Daily Struggles of IBS I have been ill for exactly 1 year this month. My problems started out of the blue, i fell ill one night and never got better. I had diarrhoea, stomach and back pains so bad I couldn’t stand, nausea and couldn’t eat anything for 6 […]
Advocating for Digestive Health An Advocate is someone who is passionate about making a difference for the benefit for themself and other community members. Most people assume that advocacy means reaching out to lawmaker. However, it actually begins much closer to home. You can make a difference by starting right at the healthcare providers office. […]
Most people learn of medical progress through the media. Whether through short clips on radio or TV or detailed articles in the press, scarcely a day passes without a report of a health development, and how it might affect you. Yet this news is often unhelpful. Exaggerated cures, contradictions, and plainly misleading information can do […]
Award for Clinical Science Investigator Dr. Pauwels began her research career at the Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID) at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium where she studied gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with cystic fibrosis, looking at both typical and atypical symptoms of reflux disease. After obtaining a scholarship from […]
What Do Surveys Tell Us? Surveys are an important way to learn more about the experience of living with a digestive disorder. View results of surveys conducted by IFFGD and learn what investigators are finding as they search for answers to help those with digestive disorders. View IBS in the Real World Publication Results of […]
Personal Story
Jovaan’s Personal Story: Her Son’s Battle with Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction I am Michele Wilson from Simi Valley, California and I am a single mom. My seven year old son, Jovaan started having gastroenterologist intestinal problems when he was 4 months old. We were living in Florida when my son was first born and I remember […]
Personal Story
Jovaan’s Personal Story: Her Son’s Battle with Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction I am Michele Wilson from Simi Valley, California and I am a single mom. My seven year old son, Jovaan started having gastroenterologist intestinal problems when he was 4 months old. We were living in Florida when my son was first born and I remember […]
Personal Story
Jovaan’s Personal Story: Her Son’s Battle with Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction I am Michele Wilson from Simi Valley, California and I am a single mom. My seven year old son, Jovaan started having gastroenterologist intestinal problems when he was 4 months old. We were living in Florida when my son was first born and I remember […]
There are numerous connections between the gut and the brain (often called the gut-brain axis or GBA), and psychological treatments have proven helpful in addressing problems with this communication system. The enteric nervous system (ENS), also referred to as the “second brain”, is made up of hundreds of millions of nerves. Patients with IBS can […]
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. STATEMENT OF CECIEL T. ROOKER PRESIDENT and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS ON BEHALF OF INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2022 APPROPRIATIONS […]
Presented as “Biofeedback, Incontinence, and the Patient’s Perspective” at a symposium on Treatment of Bowel, Bladder, and Pelvic Floor Disorders, held June 23–26, 2005, at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI This article also available in Spanish. A personal account from the Founder of IFFGD I would like to thank Jeannette Tries for the invitation to be […]