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- Cybill Shepherd Leads Amazing Women
Campaign to Help IBS Sufferers Get Relief
Research Study in Canada for an
investigational new drug to relieve Diarrhea Predominance-
The Bad Gut Lectures in Toronto: Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Steps to Living
Better with a Bad Gut on Nov. 13
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Cybill Shepherd Leads Amazing Women Campaign to Help IBS Sufferers Get
Relief
Cybill Shepherd, the
National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) and Novartis
Pharmaceuticals Corporation announced today that they are working together
to launch the educational campaign Amazing Women.
The campaign is designed to empower women to seek proper diagnosis and
treatment for recurring constipation accompanied by abdominal pain or
discomfort and bloating, the hallmark symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
(IBS) with constipation, a dysmotility disorder.
IBS with constipation often goes undiagnosed for years. A new RoperASW
survey, IBS with Constipation: The barriers to doctor-diagnosis and
treatment, found that as many as 96 percent of undiagnosed sufferers do
not realize they have IBS with constipation, a treatable medical
condition, even though 88 percent of those who had not spoken to their
doctor knew about the condition. Respondents also cited embarrassment
about discussing their symptoms as a reason for failing to communicate
openly with family, friends and even their doctors.
Ms. Shepherd is one of six million Americans who suffer with dysmotility
symptoms associated with IBS with constipation. Until recently, she was
like most of the respondents in the RoperASW survey, in that she didn't
realize she had a treatable medical condition.
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Research Study in Canada for an
investigational new drug to relieve Diarrhea Predominance
A research study for an investigational new drug, to relieve symptoms of
irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with Diarrhea Predominance, is currently
taking place in Canada. We are currently trying to identify patients who
have symptoms of IBS with Diarrhea Predominance, who may wish to take part
in the study.
If you have symptoms and are
interested in finding out more please phone the Investigator participating
in this study that is geographically located near you on the Investigator
List below.
Investigator
City Province Phone Number
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The Bad Gut Lectures in Toronto:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Steps to Living Better with a Bad Gut
Day & Time: Saturday November 13, 2004, 10:00 a.m. till Noon
Location: Cineplex Odeon, Square One Shopping Centre, 100 City Centre Drive,
Mississauga, Ontario
Seating is limited, so please register in advance by calling toll-free
1-866-600-4875
At least six million Canadians, about 70% of them women, suffer daily with the
ABCD’s of Irritable Bowel Syndrome:
Abdominal pain,
Bloating or gas,
Constipation, and/or
Diarrhea.
If you’re affected by IBS and are looking for ways to manage these
debilitating symptoms, then join us for a Free Public Information Forum.
Following the lectures, there will be a question and answer period with the
speakers and other resource professionals.
Speakers:
Dr. James Gray, Gastroenterologist
Vancouver General Hospital,
Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
Dr. Lawrence Cohen, Gastroenterologist
Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre,
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Gail Attara, Executive Director
Canadian Society of Intestinal Research
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