A Message From Our Founders

  
   Nancy and Bill Norton founded IFFGD
   in 1991, because they wanted to help
   improve care and search for cures for
   functional GI and motility disorders.

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As 2011 comes to a close, we want to take a minute to share with you just some of IFFGD's activities over the past year, made possible by generous support from people like you.

If you’ve visited our websites, you know they’re free of ads and provide you with health information that you can depend on.

We added a new site this year to serve as home for the Digestive Health Alliance; where you can go to take action for improving digestive health.

We gave awards to 6 researchers working to find better solutions to treat digestive disorders.

We drafted a new piece of Federal legislation – and this is a real first. The Functional GI and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act will improve the science and delivery of care. You can take action now to see that this bill is passed.

We appeared before a Senate Subcommittee, to testify about the high number of veterans, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, who now have functional GI disorders. And then we held a briefing about this in Washington for Senate and House staff members.

When you need help about a digestive health issue, IFFGD continues to be the place where you can go. We’re here to lend you a hand.

So please, this year end, support our efforts with your donation. We depend on your help.

Thank you, and best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.

– Nancy and Bill Norton