Irritable bowel syndrome causes abdominal pain and constipation or diarrhoea. These symptoms overlap with other disorders, so it’s important to get the correct diagnosis and then the best treatments.
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Stress makes people tired and irritable, but its dangers to the body do not stop there. Chemicals that were meant to work under an immediate threat harm organs in the body and can elevate blood pressure.
Stress has subtle, underlying effects on almost every part of the body, including the heart, gut and immune system.
Our brain and gut are constantly talking to each other, so it makes sense mental health and stomach issues have a close relationship.
New parenthood got our fluid dynamics experts thinking about what ends up in the diaper. They headed to the zoo and the lab to come up with a cohesive physics story for how defecation works.
There are several things that can cause bloating and a few things you can do to help prevent it, like avoiding certain foods and exercising.
Recent headlines proclaimed an Australian-developed pill might be able to help those with coeliac disease eat wheat without becoming ill. But the fine print says it’s no treatment or cure.
Links have been made between the community of bacteria in your gut and depression, pain, stress and sleep. So what does the science say?
Could it be that in some cases, changes in the gut are actually driving mood disorders rather than the other way around? Mounting evidence suggests this is likely to be the case.
Conditions affecting the stomach and bowels are common in modern humans and many are on the rise.
We’ve all experienced the abdominal cramps and the urge to get to a toilet – quickly! When the stomach and intestinal tract become inflamed, our bodies respond with the sudden onset of diarrhoea, associated…
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional disorder of the gastrointestinal tract which affects up to 20% of people worldwide. In the UK and the US, about 10-15% of people have IBS – and most…
A study has found the immune system is not working properly in people suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which…
Female mice may hold the key to prevent Crohn’s disease found Michigan State researchers. The study found female mice have…
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