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Olafur Palsson

@drpalssonunc

Professor Emeritus of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill. Clinical psychologist. Researcher of #IBS, #DGBI, #hypnosis & the #subconscious. Originally from #Iceland.

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linkhttp://www.med.unc.edu/ibs/about-us/faculty-biographies/olafur-s-palsson-psyd calendar_today24-11-2011 18:13:09

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CNN reports that Boeing has 'sold just 14 new jets in the past month, with most of those coming as freighter sales' as gross sales are 'down 70% from a year ago'.

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Whatever you want to say about the 2024 presidential race, you can’t say it is boring. It has as much intrigue as the most exciting political thriller novel.

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BREAKING: This Monday was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to the European climate change service, beating the record set a day before.

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Sarah Kinsinger⁩ gave an informative presentation on digital therapeutics. It’s important to consider the most appropriate candidates for these helpful tools that help us to improve #access ⁦Rome PsychoGastroenterology⁩ ⁦ANMS

⁦<a href="/DrKinsinger/">Sarah Kinsinger</a>⁩ gave an informative presentation on digital therapeutics. It’s important to consider the most appropriate candidates for these helpful tools that help us to improve #access ⁦<a href="/RomeGastroPsych/">Rome PsychoGastroenterology</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/ANMSociety/">ANMS</a>⁩
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BREAKING: The Associated Press reports that TikTok was able to gather information on American user views on sensitive topics, which 'wound up being stored on Chinese servers and accessible to ByteDance employees in China'.

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App-delivered heartfulness meditation is feasible, safe, and effective in Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS). Potential for use in other disorder of gut-brain interaction? Study from Olafur Palsson et al. in ACG_CTG journals.lww.com/ctg/fulltext/2…

App-delivered heartfulness meditation is feasible, safe, and effective in Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS). 

Potential for use in other disorder of gut-brain interaction?

Study from <a href="/DrPalssonUNC/">Olafur Palsson</a> et al. in <a href="/ACG_CTG/">ACG_CTG</a> 
journals.lww.com/ctg/fulltext/2…
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This is some very fine company of movers and shakers who I’d partner with any day!! Thank you Healio Healio Gastroenterology & Rome Foundation for the nomination 💜 🗳️ bit.ly/3Sx9tjv Thanks also to the original winner, Laurie Keefer, PhD 🥳

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Our network analysis paper, headed by Helen Burton Murray, Ph.D., from the Rome Foundation Global Epi Study, is now out in the @NGM journal, examining the interconnectedness of GI symptoms across the DGBI spectrum and indicating that abdominal pain is a central symptom connecting #DGBI:

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🚨#PractitionerPoints🎯 #CognitiveBehavioralTherapy for #Pediatric #DGBI 🔥Neurogastro & Motil‼️ ✳️#CBT approach significantly⬇️self-reported #symptoms of #AbdominalPain #FunctionalDisability #Anxiety & #Depression in #pediatricpatients👏 👉onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nm… ANMS ESNM.eu

🚨#PractitionerPoints🎯
#CognitiveBehavioralTherapy for #Pediatric #DGBI
🔥<a href="/NGMJournal/">Neurogastro & Motil</a>‼️
✳️#CBT approach significantly⬇️self-reported #symptoms of #AbdominalPain #FunctionalDisability #Anxiety &amp; #Depression in #pediatricpatients👏
👉onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nm…
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Poor astronauts: Went into space for 1 week in a malfunctioning Boeing #Starliner spacecraft w. multiple hardware & software problems that is now probably unusable for return, have been stuck for 2 months, & now told it might be 6 additional months until they can return to Earth!

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Boeing #Starliner program manager Mark Nappi says in NYT interview he's not surprised the Starliner got the astronauts stuck in space - regrets not managing expectations up front: "... I think we all knew that it was going to go longer than that.": futurism.com/the-byte/boein…

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New research shows that 14.5% of individuals experiencing acute #gastroenteritis developed PI-IBS, and 12.7% developed PI-FD. Additionally, PI-IBS was found to persist in 39.8% of affected individuals for over 5 years post-diagnosis. #IBS EMJ Gastroenterology

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A very bad idea, IMO. While it sounds like it would help the less affluent, it would instead negatively affect all Americans, including 1st time buyers. For it is quite certain that the automatic market response will be ~$25,000 price hike on all homes +inflation will be boosted:

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Sadly, prisons and large city sidewalks are America’s primary “psychiatric beds”. That’s where the U.S. keeps much of its psychiatric population that is in serious need of mental health help.

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MEDICINE: New research reveals antidepressants such as SSRIs treat depression by enhancing brain region communication and promoting neuroplasticity, not by correcting a serotonin imbalance, according to a study published in Molecular Psychiatry journal.

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Plastics are all around us and in almost all of us. They pose a serious health risk. Australia produces more single-use plastic waste per capita than any other country except Singapore. And our plastic consumption is going up. A plastic treaty is urgent. theguardian.com/australia-news…