New, 'designer' fiber may help address fiber intolerance, ease IBS symptoms

Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

A newly-developed, “designer” dietary fiber with an added potential prebiotic effect may eliminate the side effects of current treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) which affects 10-20 percent of the population, disproportionately women.

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