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The Women's Digestive
Health Center -- the clinical component of the CNS -- focuses on the
diagnosis and management of chronic digestive disorders characterized
by pain and discomfort such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), that primarily
affect women. The center's features include patient care, medical education
programs, and for patients who qualify, access to appropriate clinical
trials investigating functional bowel disorders. These services are offered
to all patients with functional bowel disorders as well as other medical
conditions which commonly co-exist with IBS and/or occur commonly in women,
including pelvic pain syndromes, IC, migraine headaches, and depression/anxiety.
The Integrative
Medicine Clinic offers treatment approaches that are tailored to each
individual patient. The Clinic reaffirms the importance of the relationship
between practitioner and patient, focusing on the whole person - including
mind and body - and guided by evidence and makes use of all appropriate
therapeutic approaches to achieve optimal health and healing.
Through a network of established practitioners in the community, patients
are offered an array of proven therapies, both conventional and alternative,
such as acupuncture, mindfulness-based stress reduction training, nutritional
and psychotherapeutic counseling, yoga, among others.
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