An 11-year-old girl presents with a 6-month history of abdominal pain and nausea upon awakening most days, but no pain at night. Can you make the diagnosis? An 11-year-old girl presents with a 6-month ...

Children who frequently miss school because of abdominal complaints are far more likely to be suffering from disorders of the gut-brain axis such as irritable bowel syndrome than diseases that can be ...

FGID occurs due to the abnormal functioning of the GI tract. A recent study indicated that around 40% of the world's population is affected by FGID. 2 In comparison to men, women are more commonly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — In this exclusive video perspective from the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Although placebo responses probably play a role in virtually every clinical intervention, the use of deceptive ...

Philadelphia, PA, October 15, 2007— Those who suffer from common functional gastrointestinal disorders face work productivity losses and impairments in daily activity that amount to the loss of at ...

Mental health conditions are increasingly common and can act as a trigger for disorders of the gut-brain axis (GBA), which are also being diagnosed in greater numbers in recent years. An important ...

(HealthDay News) – Patients with inflammatory bowel disorders and other organic and functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are exposed to high levels of annual and cumulative diagnostic radiation.

Spore-forming probiotics were safe and effective for treating functional dyspepsia symptoms in a small randomized Belgium trial. In an intention-to-treat analysis involving 55 patients with functional ...

The prevalence of disorders of gut-brain interaction rose from 38.3% before the COVID-19 pandemic to 42.6% afterward. The largest increases were observed in conditions including functional dyspepsia ...