Rome Foundation Expands Leadership as it Looks to the Future
As the Rome Foundation grows in the degree and scope of its educational and research activities in Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions (DGBI), we have found the need to broaden the leadership. Since its inception more than 30 years ago, the Rome Foundation has been led by Dr. Douglas Drossman as President and governed by a…
Rome Publication Success
by Douglas Drossman, MD The Rome Foundation’s mission to further the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of gut-brain interactions (DGBI) made exciting strides this fall with three groundbreaking articles published in the prestigious journal Gastroenterology in just over a few months time. The articles highlight the Foundation’s groundbreaking work in research and clinical…
Bloating and Distension: Diagnosis and Treatment
Written by Brian Lacy, MD In Part One of my posts on bloating and distension, we discussed how we define these issues, what the most common symptoms are, and the usual reasons behind them. We’ll now move forward with how patients are diagnosed and what treatment options are available. Diagnosis The diagnosis of…
Bloating and Distension: Definitions and Causes
Written by Brian Lacy, MD Symptoms of gas, bloating and distension are quite common. This blog (Part 1 of 2) focuses on the scope of the problem and reviews common reasons for bloating and distension to occur. Definition and Common Symptoms Bloating is a sensation of gassiness (“I feel gassy”), trapped gas, or a…
Stigma in DGBI & Clinician Burnout: Leveraging the Patient-Physician Relationship to Heal Patients and Doctors
Written by Jordyn Feingold, MD, MSCR, MAPP You’ve all likely heard the following philosophical thought experiment regarding the phenomena of observation and perception: “If a tree falls in a forest, and no one’s there to hear it, does it make a sound?” I pose a…
Acupuncture Treatment for the Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (DGBI) A Report from China
Written by Xiucai Fang, MD – Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing and Jianbin Zhang, MD – Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing What is Acupuncture? Acupuncture is a treatment method, which ancient Chinese doctors have used for more than two thousand years. It is widely…
History and Evolution of Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction and the Rome Foundation
Written by Douglas A. Drossman, MD From Stigma to Acceptance Recently, I was honored to do two interviews, one for the cover story of ACG magazine and the other, a podcast for the Healio series Gut Talk, by my fellow Rome board member William Chey. These honors allowed me the opportunity to stop and reflect…
Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity
Written by Giovanni Barbara, MD Professor of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology University of Bologna Italy Non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS), also popularly known as ‘gluten sensitivity’ is a condition characterized by intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms related to the ingestion of gluten in the absence of a diagnosis of both celiac disease and wheat allergy. NCGS is…
What Can We Learn from Epidemiological Studies?
A blog series on the epidemiology of DGBIs by Ami Sperber, MD, MSPH Over the course of 2020 the term epidemiology has become a universally recognized concept for all the wrong reasons. With the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, we have become familiar with epidemics, pandemics, viral testing, epidemiological investigations, vaccination, among other things. Although…
UNC GI Conference with Dr. Drossman: Getting Better
Written by Douglas A. Drossman, MD and Jennie Rambo. Over forty years ago, when I was completing my GI fellowship, I put together a series of luncheon meetings for GI faculty and fellows at UNC Medical Center where we could meet to discuss treatment options for our more difficult and complicated clinical cases. This meeting…