TreatIBS
Editorial policy
Where TreatIBS content comes from, how critiques are produced and reviewed, how stories are chosen, and how to request a correction.
On this page
Sources we pull from
- Research papers. We run a saved search against the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed database, in plain words: human studies about irritable bowel syndrome and its management, limited to recent publication dates and to study types such as randomised trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and clinical guidelines. The results populate our research listings automatically.
- Clinical trials. We pull currently recruiting IBS trials from ClinicalTrials.gov, the US government registry, and display their public registration details with a link back to the registry.
- News. We read a fixed list of RSS feeds from medical journals, professional societies, and health-news publishers; the list is shown on the news page.
Automated listings reproduce third-party titles and summaries as published. Those titles may contain language we would not use ourselves, including claims about effectiveness that we have not checked.
What we write
The only original editorial content on TreatIBS is study critiques: short, structured readings of a single published paper that describe what the study did, what it found, and what its limits are. Treatment hub pages summarise what published guidelines and major studies say and link to the underlying sources. We do not write treatment advice, product reviews, or recommendations. TreatIBS covers diet, supplements, mind-and-gut therapies, and lifestyle. It does not cover prescription medications or procedures.
How critiques are produced
Each critique is drafted with AI assistance from the paper’s abstract and, where available, its full text. Every citation is verified against the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed before publication; a citation that cannot be verified is removed. Every critique is reviewed and approved by a named human before it is published, and each one is labelled as AI-assisted with the reviewer’s name and review date.
How stories are chosen
Story pages collect first-person accounts that people have already published publicly on YouTube, TikTok, or Reddit. We use the platform’s official embed so that the original post, its creator, and the platform’s own controls remain intact, and we add our own neutral summary of what the person tried, over what period, and what they reported. We do not edit, re-host, or paraphrase the creator’s words as if they were facts.
We exclude accounts where the creator is selling a product, program, or supplement; accounts that describe stopping prescribed medication without clinical supervision; accounts by or featuring minors; and accounts that contain claims we consider misinformation. Inclusion is not endorsement, and an individual account is not evidence that a treatment works.
Corrections
If you believe anything on TreatIBS is inaccurate, email hello@treatibs.com with the page link and the issue. We correct factual errors as soon as they are confirmed, note the change on the page, and remove content that cannot be substantiated. Creators who want their embedded post removed can ask the same way.
Independence
TreatIBS accepts no payments, free products, sponsorships, or affiliate commissions from anyone. Nobody outside the site reviews content before publication.
Update cadence
Automated data (research listings, trial listings, news) refreshes daily. Editorial pages, including critiques, treatment hubs, and this policy, carry a last-updated date.
Last updated October 13, 2026.
TreatIBS is an informational site and does not provide medical advice. The research summarized here may not apply to your situation. Talk with a clinician before starting, stopping, or changing any treatment.