A study published in Science Translational Medicine examined gut microbiota composition in irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease patients. Researchers collected stool samples from ...

There is still limited understanding of whether intestinal inflammation from IBD might accelerate cognitive decline in people ...

IBS is a syndrome; it is defined by a group of symptoms, does not cause inflammation and rarely requires hospitalization or surgery. IBD, on the other hand, is an umbrella term used to describe ...

Adjunct therapies like the Mediterranean diet, exercise, and CBT can improve quality of life for IBS and IBD patients by reducing persistent digestive symptoms. Despite standard drug treatments ...

IBD, the umbrella term for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, impacts millions of people worldwide. Researchers say they have found a “major cause" of the disease and treatment using ...

IBD is distinctly a disease of inflammation in which the immune system is overactive, whereas IBS “is not a condition driven by inflammation. It's an irritable bowel,” Melmed says.

Mehul Sharma was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) after he visited the doctor for painful abdominal cramps with ...

Imbalanced autonomic function, characterized by reduced vagal activity and sympathetic dominance, is increasingly recognized ...

Tricyclic antidepressants, often prescribed for irritable bowel syndrome, effectively treated functional symptoms in patients with ulcerative colitis in remission or only mildly active.

IBD vs IBS Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are two different gastrointestinal disorders, though the differences between the two can be confusing.