IBS bloating symptoms: 83p a day supplements CURED woman’s 10-year chronic diarrhoea

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is condition that affects the digestive system, according to the NHS. It affects between 10 and 20 per cent of the UK population, and has been linked to oversensitive nerves in the gut. There’s no cure for IBS, but some diet changes and medicines may help to reduce symptoms. Jacqueline Baker, […]

Inside The Controversial Therapy For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome That Some Patients Call A “Cult”

The publication of a new scientific study does not usually bring about accusations of libel, alleged death threats, and unprofessionalism. But in the last three months, a trial into a strange, divisive therapy for a mysterious illness has sparked exactly that – as well as boosting interest in the therapy itself, the Lightning Process, a […]

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a PHYSICAL condition not a mental illness, says Ellen Wiles

Fresh out of Oxford University, where I had somehow come top in the year, I was working in consultancy while I figured out what I really wanted to do.  Then just before Christmas I got flu.  I spent the festive fortnight spluttering and by the new year my symptoms were gone.  Nothing unusual.  But I […]