Gut & Illness

Guts and illness

Perhaps a new thing to check out that may be curtailed due to funding issues.

People with chronic fatigue syndrome may have imbalances in their gut bacteria, a new study suggests.

The researchers then checked to see if these imbalances also characterized the subset of patients in the study who had irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), an intestinal disorder that is common in people with chronic fatigue syndrome. [Read more about the chronic fatigue syndrome.]