IBS is considered a mild form of inflammatory bowel disease. Second, patients with quiescence ulcerative colitis report IBS-like symptoms. The supernatants from these patients also activated neurons. In summary, we can conclude that protease profiling is a promising strategy for the development of irritable bowel syndrome biomarkers," said Schemann -- "they provide additional evidence for a defined organic causes for irritable bowel syndrome."

Spiller and Major cite evidence showing that a diagnosis of IBS increases the risk of developing IBD. Other patients have a brief attack of IBD, which goes into remission leaving persistent bowel abnormalities and symptoms of IBS. So we don’t only have post infectious IBS and post traumatic IBS, there is also post-inflammatory IBS.

People who are prescribed a large number of antibiotics tend to have a higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new study finds, providing more evidence that antibiotics may be disturbing bacteria in our intestine.

There's growing evidence poo transplants can work for some conditions, including a type of diarrhoea. But they're not for everyone.

After battling chronic diarrhea for months, a fecal transplant came to the rescue.

The supplement aisles of most grocery stores and pharmacies in the United States are bursting with probiotics. These billions of bacteria stuffed into once-a-day capsules claim to provide digestive relief, among other benefits. They're extremely popular, with sales of $36.6 billion in 2015. And for good reason. For many people, various gastrointestinal issues come and go pretty much forever, causing chronic discomfort or worse. But according to gastroenterologists and other scientists, these tiny bugs might not be doing the jobs they claim to do.

Faecal transplants could be causing some patients to take on the physical and mental traits of their donors, including body shape and even symptoms of depression, an expert in infectious diseases says.

The modern lifestyle, particularly diet and hygiene changes, have altered our relationship with our microbes. But can we restore it?

For 22 years, Michelle O'Connor from Derbyshire struggled with debilitating gut symptoms. She has bile acid malabsorption, which affects a million Britons a year, and is often misdiagnosed by doctors.

Great news for those with the notoriously hard to treat condition. The problem may be a fungus.

The mere mention of a 'faecal transplant' might be something that makes a lot of us squirm, but the truth is that poo transplants from one person to another are an increasingly popular treatment for a range of illnesses. But what's actually in a...

So which foods are most likely to trigger symptoms of food intolerance such as gut problems, headaches, rashes, hives or fatigue?

Certain food additives may interfere with your gut bacteria, causing changes that boost inflammation in the intestines.

Gluten is the new dietary enemy. Millions of people around the world are giving up gluten in pursuit of better health. The believers say it can cure a wide range of diseases like arthritis, depression, even autism. But is this unprecedented uptake of the diet justified? Many doctors say that if you don't have coeliac disease, you don't need to avoid gluten. Emerging evidence is now challenging this belief. In this special investigation, Dr Maryanne Demasi cuts through the hype of the gluten-free

Doses of the 30-capsule fecal transplant method cured up to 94% of patients.

OpenBiome turns poop from extremely healthy people into a life-saving treatment for C. difficile. Highly select donors are paid $40 for each stool they donate.

Conditions affecting the gastrointestinal tract are common in modern humans and many are on the rise. The gastrointestinal tract extends from the mouth to the anus, via the stomach and the bowels, which include the small intestine and the large intestine (colon).

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.

CMGH research finds that intra-abdominal fat cells have acquired a tendency to promote inflammation in IBD.

Amy Feltman on coping with Crohn's disease.