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Facebook Question & Answer Page LIVE on the Rome Foundation Website July 2020
What We Do The Rome Foundation is committed to spreading information regarding Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction and one of the ways we’ve found to [...]
Effects of Trauma and Abuse on the Brain: Before and After Treatment July 2020
Content Warning: physical and sexual abuse, trauma Back in the 1980s, a patient came to me, a 12-year-old girl, who would inspire my research [...]
Effective Communication Skills to Optimize the Provider Patient Relationship
Professor Douglas Drossman discusses effective communication skills to optimize the provider patient relationship in this interview on Dr. Jim Kantidakis’ Talking Gut podcast, December 4, [...]
Neuromodulators – What Are They and How Can They Help
As you may have seen on Facebook Live with Dr. Drossman, the Rome Foundation is working to change the nomenclature of certain medications that [...]
Advance Practice Providers: Their Role in Primary and Specialty Care August 2019
By: Meghan Huff PA-C In my relatively short career as a Physician Assistant (PA), I have been fortunate to work in two very different clinical [...]
Diagnosing by Rectal Examination: Pelvic Floor Dyssynergia and Levator Ani Syndrome April 2019
By: Meghan Huff PA-C and Douglas Drossman MD The art of medicine has been losing ground as it moves further into the world of technological [...]
What is a Rectocele and Do I Need Treatment?
As some of you may know, Dr. Drossman has been answering patient questions via Facebook Live in his Friday Q&A sessions with The Rome [...]
Medicine has Become a Business. But What is the Cost? January 2019
I have seen a great deal of changes in the practice of medicine. I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s when Marcus Welby [...]
Bloating and Distension: What’s the Difference? December 2018
When a person describes the feeling of bloating, they may or may not be aware of an increase in abdominal girth. The former is [...]
Functional Dyspepsia: What You Need to Know August 2018
Dr. Drossman answers common questions on functional dyspepsia along with special guest, Professor Jan Tack, MD, who is incoming President of the Rome Foundation. Dr. [...]