Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Hormone Replacement Therapy Please don’t hate us because we’re men. As a young male, I have formed the opinion that in many respects, the female gender has drawn the shorter end of the evolutionary stick. Here are a few points that illustrate how I came to this conclusion. As I [...]
Social Media Toolkit for IBS Awareness Month We developed this toolkit to help you and/or your organization raise awareness for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) this April. It includes facts and information on what IBS is, suggested social media assets, and further resources that will direct individuals to medically-sound articles on our website. Don’t forget to [...]
$100,000 Grant from the BC Ministry of Health Knowledge is power: funding helps patients take back control of their gut Dr. James Gray, Health Minister Terry Lake, Jonathan Abbey, Gail Attara, and Paul Evered at the 2015 Inside Affair. News Release from the BC Ministry of Health Vancouver – October 30, 2015 – [...]
Ethical Dilemmas in Rare Diseases Scientists continue to make research advancements by creating specialized and highly effective therapies for many diseases and disorders, moving the population toward a better quality of life. It was fourteen years ago that Gail Attara, our president and chief executive officer, wrote about the advent of biologic medicines for Crohn’s [...]
Sugar-free Gum and Candies Use with Caution When bowel problems strike, you usually take great care choosing foods that are good for you, because irritating your gut can have painful consequences. However, something you might not even think about – chewing gum – could be the source of tummy troubles. Doctors in Germany recently issued [...]
Seniors and Bacteria Bacteria are everywhere. An estimated five nonillion (5×1030) bacteria exist on Earth, a collective biomass that is greater than all plants and animals combined. The intestinal tract alone is home to 100,000,000,000,000(1014) bacteria, which is more than ten times the number of the body’s own cells.1 The diverse ecosystem in the average [...]
Free Recipe Book – IBD Kitchen When you have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, it can be difficult to come up with meals that taste good and fit your nutrition goals. Created by a chef and three registered dietitians, The IBD Kitchen cookbooks provide recipes with carefully selected ingredients that [...]
Balancing Act: Cost Containment vs. Patient Health Outcomes September 5, 2019 Gail Attara, President & Chief Executive Officer Gastrointestinal Society President, Canadian Society of Intestinal Research Today, the BC Government announced a policy that will require inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) patients currently using originator infliximab (Remicade®) to switch to biosimilar infliximab [...]
10 Nutrition and Lifestyle Recommendations to Manage Diarrhea There are many causes of diarrhea, including chronic diseases and temporary illness. For short-term sickness, such as food poisoning, it can be helpful to follow a strict diet until you recover. If you have a chronic disease, such as Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or irritable bowel syndrome, [...]
The Mysteries of Research From scurvy to scarless surgery, this article explains the scientific methods researchers developed to advance our medical knowledge. The first decade of the 21st Century has passed and the world has bid it a less than fond farewell. Time magazine has dubbed 2000-2009 “the worst decade ever”. It is difficult to debate [...]
Download a pdf of this information. Assessing IBD Measuring Crohn’s Disease Harvey-Bradshaw Index The Harvey-Bradshaw Index consists of a few questions that allow physicians to quickly categorize the severity of Crohn’s disease and detect remission. This index is especially useful for data collection. Harvey and Bradshaw first published the index in The Lancet, in 1980, [...]
Click here to download a PDF of this information. Dietary Fibre What you need to know to maintain a healthy gut What is Dietary Fibre? Fibre is a type of carbohydrate that we cannot digest. With other types of carbohydrates, such as sugars and starches, our digestive system breaks them down into absorbable simple [...]
What You Need to Know About Esophageal Cancer You might think that the esophagus is a simple organ, just a tube that connects the throat and the stomach. However, it’s quite a bit more complex. When you swallow, two types of muscles move in perfect synchronicity in a downward wave pattern (peristalsis), pushing food contents [...]
Physical Activity and Digestive Health: It’s Complicated! Exercise for the gastrointestinal (GI) patient can be a complex issue, but implementing the right level and combination of physical activity should be beneficial for most. Some forms of physical activity can have significant negative effects on GI conditions, whereas others have a known protective effect against specific [...]
Advances in Diverticular Disease and Diet New evidence is shedding light on the ways diet influences diverticular disease and is reinforcing some of the Gastrointestinal Society’s long-held positions, such as how nuts and seeds are safe to eat. This article will focus on the latest research and how that influences recommendations on what you can [...]
Click here to download a PDF of this information. Hepatitis C The Liver The liver is the largest solid internal organ and it is located underneath the ribcage in the right upper part of the abdomen. Although liver size depends on a person’s age, body size and shape, gender, and disease state, it is about [...]
Worms and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Have we become too clean? The prevalence of helminths – harmless minute parasitic worms – in our population has been drastically decreasing since the middle of the 20th century. Historically, humans co-existed with these creatures in what researchers are now coming to believe to be an essential immune regulatory relationship. [...]
Further links between Fibromyalgia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Researchers have long known of a link between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) & fibromyalgia. In some studies, as many as one third of fibromyalgia patients were also diagnosed with IBS. Fibromyalgia and IBS are both common conditions that account for 30% or more of referrals to [...]
Liver Disease & Fatigue Everyone complains now and then of being tired. Perhaps you were up all night cramming for a final exam, caring for an ill family member, or maybe you just could not fall asleep. We experience many situations that result in decreased energy levels, but a night or two of good sleep [...]
C. difficile Patient Journey Download the PDF report. C. difficile infection (CDI) occurs when Clostridioides difficile bacteria grow out of control in the digestive tract. The bacteria and their spores are resistant to many common cleaning methods so they can transfer easily between surfaces if people do not wash their hands adequately [...]
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