The Reading Room: Patient Experience Guides

Fiber has become nutrition's unlikely trend, pushed by microbiome science and GLP-1 users. What people report about ramping up ...

Fecal microbiota therapy is now approved and even swallowable. C. diff patients describe the relapse cycle that leads there and...

A guide to our Gut & Digestive Health shelf — nineteen anthologies of first-person testimony, from IBS, Crohn's, and coliti...

Small pouches in the colon that can flare into sudden, severe abdominal pain. What diverticulitis is, how flares are treated, a...

One of the most common operations there is, often bringing welcome relief from gallstone pain. What gallbladder removal is real...

Not a fad or a preference, but a serious autoimmune condition. What celiac disease really involves, why diagnosis matters, and ...

Real, common, and genuinely disruptive. What IBS is actually like, why it is not all in your head, and what people find genuine...

Inflammatory bowel disease is more than a sensitive stomach. What Crohn's and ulcerative colitis are really like, and what peop...

Heartburn that will not quit. What GERD actually is, what makes it worse, and what people find genuinely helps, beyond the anta...

Gut health is everywhere, from probiotics to pricey microbiome tests. An honest look at what the microbiome really is, what gen...