Digestive Health Matters - Founder's Blog


By: Nancy and Bill Norton

Working for Change
June 14, 2011
One of the goals of IFFGD is to provide our members with a voice, to ensure that the needs of the digestive health community we serve are understood and addressed. Among our many activities we take an active role in monitoring and participating in the U.S.legislative and regulatory process on... Read More

 
Support Research for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders
June 14, 2011
There has rarely been a better time to support research for functional gastrointestinal (GI) and motility disorders. Why now? During just the past 5 years, we have seen advances in science that have led to an explosion in our basic understanding of the functional GI disorders. Brain imaging,... Read More

 
Making the Case for the IBS Patients: Their Illness Experience and Unmet Needs
June 14, 2011
This April marks the 11th annual IBS Awareness Month. Since 1997, IFFGD has focused attention on IBS throughout the month of April, distributing important health messages about IBS diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life. This year, many of our messages will center on the results of a... Read More

 
Endpoints, Outcomes, and Fresh Starts: Improving Treatments
June 14, 2011
Over the past decade patient access to treatments for functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders has been greatly reduced, in part due to regulatory ambiguities at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This, along with a lack of resources at FDA, has created a situation where few... Read More

 
IFFGD Urges Congressional Resolution Recognizing IBS Awareness Month
June 14, 2011
IFFGD and patient advocates continually work to educate Members of Congress about functional gastrointestinal (GI) and motility disorders. These efforts raise awareness of the disorders on Capitol Hill and, ultimately, stimulate critical research and improved care on behalf of patients and... Read More

 
Here’s How and Why we Started, and Why Your Help Matters
June 14, 2011
“We must be the change we want to see in the world.”  – Gandhi Many of you know of IFFGD through our various activities on behalf of the digestive disease community. Or you may be distantly aware of us through our publications and web sites. Our mission is to inform,... Read More