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Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS affects up to 55 million Americans, mostly women. IBS causes are unknown. IBS symptoms include diarrhea, constipation, and abdominal cramps. There are IBS treatments such as diet and lifestyle changes and medications that can help.

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New IBS Guidelines Offer Treatment Ideas
New guidelines have been issued by the nation's gastroenterologists that are aimed at easing the abdominal pain, diarrhea, and other symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which afflicts millions of Americans.

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Elaine Magee, RD, MPH, Reports an Advance in IBS Treatment: Use of a Diarrhea Drug

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Leading GI specialist and psychiatrist, Dr. Douglas A. Drossman, explains just what Irritable Bowel Syndrome is in plain English.

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