EasingIBS Research Hub
Welcome to the EasingIBS IBS Research Hub. We’re analysing and summarising research from over the decades, to help build awareness and to improve the effectiveness of our evidence-based IBS treatment programme.
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| Title | Summary |
|---|---|
| Imodium for IBS diarrhoea and IBS-D. Loperamide | Imodium (loperamide) is often taken by people with IBS-D to temporarily ease symptoms. |
| What is Diverticulitis? Better Bowel Health | What is Diverticulitis? The common symptoms of Diverticulitis. Better Bowels. |
| What is IBS-C? IBS with Constipation | IBS-C. What is IBS-C? What are the symptoms? What treatment is available? |
| What is IBS-M? IBS with Diarrhoea and Constipation | IBS-M. What is IBS-M? What are the symptoms? What treatment is available? |
| Psychotherapy for IBS Research (Svedlund, 1983) | Psychotherapy for IBS Research (Svedlund, 1983) This research paper from 1983 suggests that psychotherapy can help reduce symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). They randomly divided 101 outpatients with IBS into two treatment groups. All the participants had IBS for more than one year and were fluent in Swedish. They… |
| Mirtazapine for IBS (UK NHS Medication) | Mirtazapine prescriptions for IBS Sometimes, UK NHS GP’s prescribe the medicine Mirtazapine for IBS. We’ve been asked what it is and whether it can help. We can’t advise on your own personal medication, but we can provide general information about Mirtazapine, some research, and known side-effects. For advice about your… |
| The North Carolina Protocol IBS Hypnotherapy | The North Carolina Protocol for IBS using gut-focused Hypnotherapy is a well-established and evidence-based treatment. |
| IBD Keto Study (Norwitz 2024) | Keto diet found to put IBD into clinical remission for 10 long term patients. Huge health improvements. |
| Manchester Approach for IBS Gut-focused Hypnotherapy | The Manchester Approach for IBS Gut-focused Hypnotherapy was developed in 1984, and provides an evidence-based approach treatment for IBS. |
| How much does Nerva IBS App Cost? The Nerva App Price | The cost of the Nerva IBS Hypnotherapy app has varied a lot over time. What is the Nerva app price? |
| IBS Hypnotherapy mini-review (Hauser 2024) | IBS Hypnotherapy mini-review concludes hypnotherapy can help IBS (Hauser 2024) |
| IBS Hypnotherapy Study Whorwell 1984 | IBS Hypnotherapy Study helped 15 out of 15 refractory IBS patients and was far more beneficial than psychotherapy. (Whorwell 1984) |
| IBS Hypnotherapy Study Whorwell 1987 | IBS Hypnotherapy Study shows long-term effectiveness. (Whorwell 1987) |
| IBS Group Hypnotherapy Study Harvey 1989 | IBS individual vs Group Hypnotherapy study (Harvey 1989) showed both can help. |
| IBS Hypnotherapy Study | IBS Hypnotherapy helped 11 patients. (Galovski 1998) |
| IBS Hypnotherapy Research: 1000 Patients (Miller 2015) | IBS Hypnotherapy helped 76% of 1000 patients (Miller 2015) |
| Hypnotherapy for IBS Study of 6 vs 12 sessions (Hasan 2021) | 6 sessions of IBS hypnotherapy helped 79% participants, while 12 sessions helped 74% in a study of 448 people (Hasan 2021). |
| IBS Group Hypnotherapy Study | IBS Group Hypnotherapy Study (Lovdahl 2022) shows individual and group hypnotherapy can help IBS. |
| IBS Hypnotherapy Patient Expectation Study | IBS Hypnotherapy Patient Expectation Study (Donnet 2022). The patient’s expectations did not appear to impact the outcome. |
| IBS Hypnotherapy NICE NHS Recommendation CG61 2008 | IBS Hypnotherapy NICE NHS Recommendation (2008 Research Recommendation CG61) |
| IBS Severity Scoring System. The IBS-SSS. | IBS-SSS is an assessment tool that is used to help diagnose the severity of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). |
| Hypnotherapy for IBD (Moser, 2014) | The role of hypnotherapy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (Moser, 2014) |
| What is the Rome Criteria for IBS | The Rome Criteria provides a standard for doctors to diagnose IBS. |
| Gut-directed self-hypnosis for Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD protocol | Gut-directed self-hypnosis for Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD protocol (Paulton, 2021) |
| Hypnotherapy helped IBD Ulcerative Colitis | Gut-directed hypnotherapy significantly augments clinical remission in quiescent ulcerative colitis (Keefer, 2013) |
| What is IBD – Inflammatory Bowel Disease | IBD or Inflammatory Bowel Disease is a chronic condition causing inflammation of the digestive tract. It is an umbrella term from Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis. |
| What is IBS-D? IBS with Diarrhoea | IBS-D. What is IBS-D? What are the symptoms? What treatment is available? |
| Gut-directed hypnotherapy vs low FODMAP diet for IBS | Study found efficacy gut-directed hypnotherapy is similar to FODMAP diet for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (Peters, 2016) |
| What is IBS – Irritable Bowel Syndrome? | What is IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome? |
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