Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a challenge; it is the most common reason for referral to gastroenterology clinics. Researchers in Malaysia published Microbiome and Irritable Bowel Syndrome – A Review on the Pathophysiology, Current Research and Future Therapy. The excellent overview appeared June 2019 in Frontiers in Microbiology journal. Highlights for our purposes were the […]
fecal transplant
Poop Pills Help the Medicine Go Down
The astonishing success of fecal transplant in treating certain infections including the deadly Clostridium difficile is approaching 100%. As was reported in an earlier IPA blog titled Honorable Discharge, stool from healthy people is delivered to the intestines of the sick, either through an enema or via a tube inserted into the nose. A recent study […]