For patients who are obese and have been diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), a recent trial program demonstrates that individual education regarding the connection between diet and this condition, along...
A recent study indicates that foods more likely to cause inflammation, such as red and processed meats, sugary beverages and refined grains, also carry an increased risk of Colorectal Cancer. Researchers...
Our epithelium is a small lining of our guts that contains a universe of different microbes, food particles and other molecules, including a hormone that drives our emotions as well...
Over the last thirty-plus years, liver cancer death rates have dramatically increased in the U.S., with the disease now ranking as the fastest-rising cancer fatality as over 40,000 new cases and...
High-fiber foods have been linked to a decreased risk of gallbladder surgery among participants in a recent study conducted in France. People who ate higher amounts of fruits, vegetables and...
Your gut microbiome is a vast collection of microbes, including bacteria, that exist in your digestive tract, which can be affected by the process required to prepare for a colonoscopy,...
As public opinion and states shift toward a majority of Americans favoring marijuana legalization and nearly two-thirds of all states adopting some form of medicinal marijuana laws, respectively, the topic of cannabis as a...
Over the last twenty years, the incidence rate of Colorectal Cancer among patients age 55 and younger has grown significantly. With this increased frequency of the disease among those ages...
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Chris E. Forsmark, MD; Santhi Swaroop Vege, MD and C. Mel Wilcox, MD N Engl J Med 2016; 375:1972-1981, November 17, 2016 Abstract available at: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1505202 This interesting review by...
