Patient Symposium 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
The William and Ida Friday Center
Chapel Hill, NC
The UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders is hosting a Patient Symposium on Saturday, October 25, 2008. The theme is Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: New Perspectives and Treatments. The symposium will be held at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The registration fee is $25.00 and includes all plenary sessions, breakout sessions, lunch, refreshment breaks, and printed materials. Registration begins at 8:00am. The program runs from 8:30am until 5:30pm.
There will be Q&A sessions following plenary sessions as well as breakout sessions at the end of the day, providing plenty of opportunity for questions and answers with the symposium faculty.
Plenary topics (tentative):
Saturday, October 25, 2008
The William and Ida Friday Center
Chapel Hill, NC
The UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders is hosting a Patient Symposium on Saturday, October 25, 2008. The theme is Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: New Perspectives and Treatments. The symposium will be held at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The registration fee is $25.00 and includes all plenary sessions, breakout sessions, lunch, refreshment breaks, and printed materials. Registration begins at 8:00am. The program runs from 8:30am until 5:30pm.
There will be Q&A sessions following plenary sessions as well as breakout sessions at the end of the day, providing plenty of opportunity for questions and answers with the symposium faculty.
Plenary topics (tentative):
- What is a functional GI disorder
- Types of IBS and risk factors
- Diagnosis and tests for IBS
- IBS medications – effective treatments and new options
- Behavioral and alternative treatments – CBT & other relaxation therapies, hypnosis, biofeedback
- How to talk with your doctor
- New leads in the biology of IBS
- IBS diet and nutrition
- Pediatric functional GI disorders
- Incontinence, constipation, bloating
- Functional dyspepsia and other upper GI symptoms
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For more information, contact Ceciel Rooker at 919.966.4847 or email.
