Mo­bile apps for IBS? In­de­gene teams with metaMe to launch 'gut-di­rect­ed hyp­nother­a­py' dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic

What if in­stead of tak­ing a pill or in­jec­tion, you could down­load an app to help ease the pain of ir­ri­ta­ble bow­el syn­drome?

That’s what the gut-di­rect­ed hyp­nother­a­py be­hind metaMe’s Reg­u­lo­ra pre­scrip­tion dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic aims to do. The dig­i­tal app guides users through 7 ses­sions over 12 weeks of vir­tu­al psy­cho­log­i­cal in­ter­ven­tions. It’s not un­proven sci­ence — in-per­son cog­ni­tive-be­hav­ioral ther­a­pies, hyp­nother­a­py and mind­ful­ness-based ther­a­pies have proven ef­fec­tive in treat­ing IBS and IBD.

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