March 2025 Don’t put off your colonoscopy. Here’s why. Colorectal cancer (also called colon cancer) is largely preventable, treatable and beatable. Here are the facts: Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States behind lung cancer. The earlier the cancer or precancerous polyps are detected, the more successful, [...]
5 Leading Causes of Blood In Stool, and Treatment Pathways By: Lambros Michailidis, M.D. You’ve likely noticed remnants of what you’ve eaten before hitting the handle on the toilet bowl – a bit of corn, an undigested nut, the pinkish hue of a beet salad. But if you think you saw something that looks [...]
Not everyone has stool softeners on hand, or wants to take them for days. If you frequently find it hard to go, these natural remedies for constipation will help. By: Said Nabhan, M.D. If you’re unsure how many No. 2’s are the right number for you to be “regular,” just remember the rule of three. [...]
If you’ve resolved to lose weight or get more cardio in 2025, consider improving your gut health first. Thanks to the “gut-brain axis,” it can take care of the rest.By: Lambros Michailidis, M.D.It may or may not come as news to you that your gut has neurons. This is why you should care: the gut-brain [...]
By: Lambros Michailidis, M.D. If all you want for the holidays is a cure for your delicate digestive system, pull a chair up to the table. We’ve got recipes for enjoying the season with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Pull up a few chairs, in fact. Nearly one in 100 [...]
By: Gregory Lam, D.O.After the cocktails, after the appetizers, after the turkey, potatoes, and all of those sides. And, finally, after the pie (three kinds) – this is when many people must digest the consequences of a Thanksgiving feast.For the one in five Americans who live with the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, [...]
