Is IBS a Genetic Disorder?
If you have IBS, and your mom or dad or grandma or sister have IBS, does that mean that IBS is genetic? Yes and no. How’s that for an annoying opening? Is IBS Genetic...
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IBS Treatment Center
All About IBS Flare Ups: Prevention and Treatment
Here’s what we’re going to cover IBS Flare Up Symptoms What does an IBS Flare Up Feel Like? How Long Does An IBS Flare Up Last? What To Do When You Get An IBS...
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IBS in Children: Treatment, Cause, Signs and Symptoms
Here’s what we’re going to cover Symptoms of IBS in Children Can IBS Affect Potty Training? Can Babies Have IBS? Are You Born with IBS? IBS Age of Onset Does IBS Cause Fever? Treatment...
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Getting Help For Peri and Post-Menopausal Digestive Problems
If you are one of the women who has noticed an increase in digestive problems associated with the onset of menopause, you might be surprised to know that are not alone. Nearly...
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Are You Having Digestive Problems Since Having Covid?
Do you have nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, reflux/heartburn, or abdominal pain, or bloating? And if you do have any of those symptoms, did they start largely after having contracted covid?...
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Give Yourself (or a Loved One) the Gift of Health!
Irritable Bowel Syndrome is unfortunately one of the most common health problems in the world. In the USA is it the second most common reason people miss work (Cash et. al., 2005) right behind...
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IBS Treatment Center Offers In-House Nutritionist Support
Since 2005 the IBS Treatment Center has successfully treated thousands of patients of all ages, from infants to seniors. We understand the discomfort, frustration and embarrassment you have experienced. A part of this treatment...
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An IBS College Love Story?
We all experience embarrassing moments and “Why me?” moments. As doctors at the IBS Treatment Center, We’ve heard more than a few tales of unpleasant situations. Yet, there is one patient’s story that sticks...
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The History of the IBS Treatment Center
Dr. Stephen Wangen, co-founder of the IBS Treatment Center, has been successfully helping people resolve irritable bowel syndrome and chronic digestive problems since 1999. This success culminated in the 2005 opening of the IBS...
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IBS Treatment Center Seattle – Meet the Staff
Dr. Stephen Wangen (third from left), co-founder of the IBS Treatment Center, has been successfully helping people resolve irritable bowel syndrome and chronic digestive problems since 1999. This success culminated in the 2005 opening...
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Backpacker Finds Hope with IBS Cure
Susan loves to hike and backpack in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately, her IBS has been preventing her from enjoying the great outdoors. When she first came to us at the IBS Treatment Center,...
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Patient Couldn’t Use Seatbelt Because of IBS Discomfort
This story comes from a recent patient of the IBS Treatment Center. Her name has been changed to protect her privacy. Stacy came to the IBS Treatment Center because she had terrible abdominal pain...
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Dancer Overcomes IBS Struggles
A recent patient at the IBS Treatment Center in Seattle. Jennifer is a competitive dancer. She has IBS along with daily nausea and reflux. Additionally, Jennifer was finding it more and more difficult to...
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Patient Questions on Insurance
A recent question to our office. Dear IBS treatment center, I have heard many wonderful things about your center from a family member who is a nurse. I have also been doing lots of...
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Get to Know the Doctors at the IBS Treatment Center: Dr. Stephen Wangen
I was diagnosed with IBS in 1994. Unfortunately, that didn’t make any real difference in my health. So while in medical school I began to research my problem and discovered that I had celiac...
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Patient Finally Finds Relief From Heartburn
“I wanted to send you an update. I have not once had heartburn or indigestion, both of which I’ve had since high school. I want to thank the whole team at the IBS Treatment...
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Patient Scours the Globe for IBS Specialist
“My husband and I are missionaries and have lived out of the country the last three years. Since leaving the country I have been sick with stomach issues. I have had four colonoscopies, seen...
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Patient Finally Finds Help for Her IBS
From a recent patient of the IBS Treatment Center: My husband and I are missionaries and have lived out of the country the last three years. Since leaving the country I have been sick...
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IBS Patient Finally Finds Help After 20 Years of Searching
I first experienced IBS symptoms in 1992, at the age of 21 and I lived with it for 15 years. I tried everything to find a solution including visits to about 10 doctors (G.I....
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Patient Finally Finds Proper Treatment For IBS
This letter comes from a former (cured!) patient of the IBS Treatment Center. Patients have come to the IBS Treatment Center from all over. They have visited our clinics in Seattle, WA and Santa...
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Patients Ends IBS After 40 Years of Suffering
From a former patient of the IBS Treatment Center: I am a 58 year old woman suffering with IBS since the age of 15. I have been to many gastro doctors over the years...
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Meet Our Doctors: Dr. Heath McAllister
Dr. Heath McAllister is a state-licensed and board-certified Naturopathic Doctor. He received his doctoral degree, with honors, from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona and continues to teach medical students. He...
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“I Was Beginning to Feel Like I Was Falling Apart”
From a recent patient of the IBS Treatment Center. I always had a nervous stomach my whole life, but it was nothing serious until part-way through college when I started having some major digestive...
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“I Was Poisoning My Body Every Day Without Realizing It!
From a recent patient at the IBS Treatment Center. I am a 43 year old female and I have been having stomach/digestive trouble since I was a baby. My mother used to say I...
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IBS and Children: Dr. Stephen Wangen Discusses on New Day NW
Dr. Wangen appears on the New Day Northwest with a former patient and his mother. She explains how her infant son’s digestive problems were not resolved until she came to the IBS Treatment Center....
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Who We Are: The Innate Health Group
The Innate Health Group was designed and created to reintroduce something that has been missing in medicine, a belief that you are capable of being healthier if given a better understanding of your body....
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A Patient Shares Her Story
Great interview with Dr. Stephen Wangen of the IBS Treatment and patient Beate Chelette on KING 5’s New Day. Dr. WangenDr. Stephen Wangen is the award winning author of two books on solving...
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Writer, Speaker Beate Chelette to Share Her IBS Recovery Story
For the second time this month, Dr. Stephen Wangen is scheduled to appear on KING 5’s New Day (March 26th episode) to discuss IBS and the unique approach that the IBS Treatment Center offers...
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Dr. Stephen Wangen Talks IBS on KING 5’s New Day
Dr. Stephen Wangen of the IBS Treatment Center speaks to Seattle’s KING 5 about understanding the basics of IBS and digestive illness. Dr. WangenDr. Stephen Wangen is the award winning author of two books...
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Aetna Settles Lawsuit – Agrees to Pay Millions to Insured and Doctors
The United State District Court; District of New Jersey has issued a notice of proposed settlement in a case involving Aetna, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (not including Coventry Health Care, Inc.). The...
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