Tag: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

  • Nation & World

    Meditation may relieve IBS and IBD

    A small pilot study by Harvard-affiliated researchers finds symptom improvement and changes in expression of inflammation-associated genes in irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease patients who practice the relaxation response.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Chill therapy

    MGH’s Herbert Benson, author of “The Relaxation Response,” says that the methods outlined in his book can create genetic changes in irritable bowel syndrome sufferers, and with further study might be used to treat other ailments.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Placebos work — even without deception

    Patients who were knowingly given placebos for irritable bowel syndrome experienced significant symptom relief when compared with controls.

    3 minutes