Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Novella works with food, lifestyle, and media brands to develop nutrition and health messages backed by credible and evidence-based science. Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders, characterized by abdominal pain and disturbed defecation that cannot be explained by structural abnormalities.

The Rome IV criteria represent the current standard for diagnosing IBS. In 2016, the Rome III criteria were updated by a group of multinational experts in functional GI disorders. 2,3 The most ...

When you pour a glass of wine or you crack open a beer, you know the alcohol will affect your brain and maybe your mood. But it also affects your digestive tract. How much alcohol you drink and even ...

Antibiotic use from childhood through early adulthood was associated with higher odds of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) at age 24, with the odds increasing as the number of antibiotic prescriptions ...

Fiber-rich foods like prunes, apples, pears, kiwis, figs, and citrus fruits may help relieve constipation by softening stools and increasing bowel movement frequency. Vegetables such as spinach, ...

Women — and the people who love them — are mostly familiar with the mood swings associated with PMS. But it turns out, men have their own mood issues tied to changing hormones, which one expert has ...

We seem to have reached peak “get off my lawn” culture, with men having temper tantrums all over the **** place. Whether they’re typing shrill all-caps messages, foaming at the mouth with road rage or ...