The myth of hysteria never died, it just got rebranded as “stress”, anxiety”, “central sensitisation”, “conversion disorder”, and “FND”.

doi.org/10.1111/nmo.70… In this comment we suggest that SIBO and IBS share ileal bacterial biofilm formation as pathomechanism, which correlates with increased biomass and disrupted bile acid metabolism. currently studying if biofilm removal via endoscopic lavage improves sys

Recently, I was at a fundraiser for a non-IBS GI condition and they said "We are trying to raise money for a real disease. This is not IBS." Wow was I upset! It's time to raise resources for #IBS (the most expensive, most common disease in GI). Let's turn up the volume on this.

⭐️Thrilled to share our latest publication! We found that pelvic floor dysfunction is associated with microbial overgrowth, especially intestinal methanogen overgrowth! If #SIBO/#IMO is found, make sure to investigate the pelvic floor! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nm…

The ‘mind-body’ ‘biopsychosocial’ movement is a device to shut people out of an overburdened healthcare system. Of course, this is stupid, because most conditions do not spontaneously resolve. They snowball, exponentially increasing long-run pressure on healthcare resources.

verenabee Defo. German medical researchers, politicians and patient groups should be very much alert that this pot of money should not be misused to the detriment of patients - by internal and external partners suddenly interested in this (psychosomatic or otherwide useless) collaboration.

Knowledge for its own sake seems so last century If we know that we have limited time and limited resources, doesn't it make more sense to selectively choose where we invest those resources? This is already done very primitively through grants

🚨 New data drop! Our latest study explores the link between pelvic floor dysfunction and microbial overgrowth, using both aspirate cultures and breath testing. 🌟Methanogen overgrowth was associated with pelvic floor dysfunction It’s time to connect the dots between #SIBO,

The healthiest people I know are very skeptical of what doctors tell them. There’s a lesson in that somewhere

Academic publishing is perhaps the greatest scam perpetrated on intelligent people 1) Write grants (unpaid) 2) Do research 3) Write papers 4) Peer review (unpaid) 5) PAY up to $12K to publish 6) Need publications to get grants (back to step 1) Publishers: 38% profit margins

Walk through Harvard’s medical centers: hundreds of labs operate on fumes, surviving on soft money with no real support from a university sitting on a $50 billion endowment. Faculty and postdocs chase whatever fad might buy them a sliver of career security. It’s an

🌟 Exciting News from MAST! 🌟 We are proud to announce the official launch of PREIMAGINE — the pediatric extension of our groundbreaking REIMAGINE study. Building on the success of REIMAGINE, PREIMAGINE aims to deepen our understanding of the developing microbiome and its

This is both hilarious & beautiful @ the same time.

Same modus operandi like the majority of #IBS junk science.

Impressive! 2 weeks after its release this has become the most popular episode on the podcast with almost 1 million views. This shows that #IBS patients want real research that leads to better treatments and potential cures instead of gut-brain woo and eternal symptom management.

... and it's even more cost effective because it's low dose! 👍👍👍 #IBS

Starship’s timeline to other planets.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if anyone who wanted to experience the wonder of space, the Moon or Mars could do so?

As the holidays are here it is important to recognize this time of year can be very challenging for people with digestive diseases like #IBS/#SIBO. There are three cardinal rules: 1. If someone does not eat something, please don't force them. You cannot imagine how much pain and