Breath test may help diagnose irritable bowel syndrome

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 10:10 in Health & Medicine

There is currently no specific diagnostic test for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but now researchers have identified a combination of 16 different substances in the breath that, when measured together, can accurately distinguish IBS patients from people without the condition.

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