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Anne Cunanan Ford

Anne Cunanan Ford

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke Women's Health Wake North
anne.ford@duke.edu
DUMC Box 3840, Durham, NC 27617
3000 Rogers Rd, Suite 310, Wake Forest, NC 27587

Selected Publications

Review article: The role of the gut-brain axis in inflammatory bowel disease and its therapeutic implications.

Journal Article Aliment Pharmacol Ther · November 2024 BACKGROUND: Treatments targeting the gut-brain axis (GBA) are effective at reducing symptom burden in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The prevalence of common mental disorders and IBS-type symptom reporting is significantly higher in inflammatory bowel dis ... Full text Link to item Cite

Validating Simple Modifications to the Rome IV Criteria for the Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Secondary Care.

Journal Article Aliment Pharmacol Ther · October 28, 2024 BACKGROUND: The Rome IV criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may be too restrictive for clinical practice and research. AIMS: To validate the Rome IV criteria and study the diagnostic performance of simple modifications to them. METHODS: We collecte ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of HADS Anxiety and Depression Scores on the Efficacy of Dietary Interventions for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Journal Article Aliment Pharmacol Ther · October 11, 2024 BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depression are associated strongly with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Dietary therapies are used increasingly in the management of IBS, but the impact of common mental disorders on response to these has not been well studied. AIMS ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of Brain-Gut Behavioral Treatments on Abdominal Pain in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

Journal Article Gastroenterology · October 2024 BACKGROUND & AIMS: Some brain-gut behavioral treatments (BGBTs) are beneficial for global symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). United States management guidelines suggest their use in patients with persistent abdominal pain, but their specific effec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Low-dose titrated amitriptyline as second-line treatment for adults with irritable bowel syndrome in primary care: the ATLANTIS RCT.

Journal Article Health Technol Assess · October 2024 BACKGROUND: Irritable bowel syndrome, characterised by abdominal pain and a change in stool form or frequency, is most often managed in primary care. When first-line therapies are ineffective, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines su ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia after acute gastroenteritis: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article Gut · August 8, 2024 OBJECTIVE: Disorders of gut-brain interaction may arise after acute gastroenteritis. Data on the influence of pathogen type on the risk of postinfection IBS (PI-IBS), as on postinfection functional dyspepsia (PI-FD), are limited. We conducted a systematic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Novel Irritable Bowel Syndrome Subgroups are Reproducible in the Global Adult Population.

Journal Article Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol · June 12, 2024 BACKGROUND & AIMS: Current classification systems for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) based on bowel habit do not consider psychological impact. We validated a classification model in a UK population with confirmed IBS, using latent class analysis, incorpor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Hormonal Contraceptive Management Practice Patterns in the Perioperative Period for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

Journal Article Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil · April 2022 PURPOSE: To evaluate the venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis practices of surgeons performing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) in female patients using hormonal contraceptives. METHODS: Our research team designed an investigational sur ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Hormonal management of menopausal symptoms in women with a history of gynecologic malignancy.

Journal Article Menopause · February 2020 OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to review the role of hormone therapy in menopausal patients with breast cancer and gynecologic malignancies. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE (via PubMed) using a combination of keywords and database-specific subject headin ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Acupuncture in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Journal Article Obstet Gynecol Surv · April 2019 IMPORTANCE: Acupuncture is a key component of therapy in traditional Chinese medicine. Only in the last few decades has acupuncture become popular in the United States. The mechanism behind acupuncture's effects on the body and brain has not been completel ... Full text Link to item Cite

Raising Awareness ... Starting the Conversation

Conference MENOPAUSE-THE JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY · December 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

HPV genotypes and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in a multiethnic cohort in the southeastern USA.

Journal Article Cancer Causes Control · August 2014 PURPOSE: For poorly understood reasons, invasive cervical cancer (ICC) incidence and mortality rates are higher in women of African descent. Oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes distribution may vary between European American (EA) and African-Ame ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

HPV genotypes and cervical intraepithelial Neoplasiain a multiethnic cohort in the southeastern United States

Journal Article Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination · January 1, 2014 Background: For poorly understood reasons, invasive cervical cancer (ICC) incidence and mortality rates are higher in women of African descent. Oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes distribution may vary between European American (EA) and African ... Full text Cite

HPV genotypes and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in a multiethnic cohort in the southeastern USA

Journal Article Cancer Causes and Control · January 1, 2014 Purpose: For poorly understood reasons, invasive cervical cancer (ICC) incidence and mortality rates are higher in women of African descent. Oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes distribution may vary between European American (EA) and African-Ame ... Full text Cite

Factors affecting compliance with clinical practice guidelines for pap smear screening among healthcare providers in africa: systematic review and meta-summary of 2045 individuals.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2013 BACKGROUND: Although the importance of the Pap smear in reducing cancer incidence and mortality is known, many countries in Africa have not initiated yet widespread national cervical cancer screening programs. The World Health Organization (WHO) has publis ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Pilot and feasibility study: prospective proteomic profiling of mammary epithelial cells from high-risk women provides evidence of activation of pro-survival pathways.

Journal Article Breast Cancer Res Treat · April 2012 Normal mammary gland homeostasis requires the coordinated regulation of protein signaling networks. However, we have little prospective information on whether activation of protein signaling occurs in premalignant mammary epithelial cells, as represented b ... Full text Link to item Cite