Effects of Trauma and Abuse on the Brain: Before and After Treatment
By Douglas Drossman, MD Content Warning: physical and sexual abuse, trauma Back in the 1980s, a patient came to me,…
Facebook Question & Answer Page Now LIVE on the Rome Foundation Website
What We Do The Rome Foundation is committed to spreading information regarding Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction and one of…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
William D. Chey, MD - Michigan Medicine Jordan Shapiro, MD - Baylor Houston Jill Deutsch, MD - Yale University For…
Disorders of gut-brain interaction in pediatrics: A few observations
Samuel Nurko MD MPH Director Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Boston Children’s Hospital Professor of Pediatrics. Harvard Medical…
Gastrointestinal Symptoms Can Be Manifestations of COVID-19
By Max J. Schmulson, MD Although fever, cough, fatigue and shortness of breath are the most common symptoms of the…
Stress, Chronic Stress and IBS
Lin Chang, MD, Professor of Medicine, Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress April is IBS Awareness Month. IBS, or irritable…
Gaining Resilience through Transitions [GRitT]: Optimism, Gratitude and Self-compassion in a time of uncertainty
Laurie Keefer, PhD Rome Board of Directors GI Health Psychologist Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry Icahn School of Medicine at…
Post Infection Irritable Bowel Syndrome (PI-IBS)
Max J. Schmulson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico Clinicians practicing in Mexico can attest to an interesting…
Diet in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Magnus Simrén, Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Diet triggers symptoms in the vast majority of individuals with IBS. This…
Communication Pearls to Help the Patient Provider Relationship and Implement Patient Centered Care
by Douglas A Drossman, MD Changes in our healthcare system have been associated with a deterioration in the patient-provider relationship…