To Fix Your Gut, Ease Your Mind

Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- a constellation of gastrointestinal discomforts that affects millions of people but is clinically tricky to categorize and manage -- may be triggered by stress and anxiety, suggesting that mind-oriented therapies may prove an effective treatment.

Such treatments are effective because "people who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) don't necessarily have a clinical disorder in terms of psychology but have certain behavior patterns that make them vulnerable to symptoms," explained Bu'Hussain Hayee, a clinical research fellow at University College Hospital in London.

Treating the Mind Eases Irritable Bowel [CBC]