title: Relief from IBS
author:  Elaine Fantle Shimberg 
description: ent."<br />WILLIAM A. WHITEHEAD, Ph.D.<br />THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE<br />"If you're bright, working hard, pushing fast -- and feeling a debilitating ache in your gut that comes and goes -- you may be one of the more than 22 million Americans, most of them women, suffering symptoms that are NOT life-threatening and CAN be relieved." <br />-- from RELIEF FROM IBS<br />At last, here is a practical, straightforward guide that will help you gain mastery over the frustrations of IBS and simplify your life. Inside you'll find all the information you need, including: The various causes of IBS and how you can minimize their effects; how to identify harmful stresses in your life and significantly reduce their impact; how to design a diet that is both healthful AND pleasurable, and much more.
zlib_text: ESSENTIALS OF KUMAR & CLARK’S CLINICAL MEDICINE
  
  ESSENTIALS
  SERIES EDITORS
  PROFESSOR PARVEEN KUMAR
  Professor of Medicine and Education,
  Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry,
  Queen Mary University of London, and
  Honorary Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist,
  Barts Health NHS Trust and Homerton University Hospital
  NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  and
  DR MICHAEL CLARK
  Honorary Senior Lecturer, Barts and the London School of
  Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London,
  and Princess Grace Hospital, London, UK
  Content Strategist: Pauline Graham
  Content Development Specialist: Helen Leng
  Project Manager: Andrew Riley
  Designer: Christian Bilbow
  Illustration Manager: Teresa McBryan
  
  ESSENTIALS OF
  KUMAR & CLARK’S
  CLINICAL MEDICINE
  Sixth edition
  Edited by
  NICOLA ZAMMITT
  MBChB, BSc(Med Sci), MD, FRCP(Edin)
  Consultant Physician and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer,
  Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
  ALASTAIR O’BRIEN
  MBBS, BSc, PhD, FRCP
  Reader in Experi