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Cincinnati GI Patient Newsletter – October 2025

2025-10-22T08:30:08-04:00

October 2025 You Want Me to Swallow a Camera? Really? While it may sound bizarre, swallowing a tiny camera encased in a vitamin-sized capsule is a terrific way for your doctor to learn what’s happening in your digestive tract. The procedure, called a capsule endoscopy, provides a close-up look at your entire digestive tract. [...]

Cincinnati GI Patient Newsletter – October 20252025-10-22T08:30:08-04:00

The Ozempic Effect on GI Function, and What You Can Do

2025-10-20T11:49:38-04:00

One in four Americans is taking or is interested in GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for weight loss. This blog explains the Ozempic effect on GI function. It’s widely understood that GLP-1 drugs diminish your appetite. Here’s something else you should digest: the “Ozempic effect” on GI functionality. Nearly 12% of all Americans have used [...]

The Ozempic Effect on GI Function, and What You Can Do2025-10-20T11:49:38-04:00

Precision Nutrition: A Healthy Gut Diet Approach to IBD

2025-09-10T14:18:42-04:00

A healthy gut diet can reduce IBD symptoms, but which is right for you? Learn how an emerging approach called precision nutrition can help relieve IBD. People diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease typically face two realities: their lifestyle is literally cramped by illness, and they spend as much time searching for a healthy gut diet [...]

Precision Nutrition: A Healthy Gut Diet Approach to IBD2025-09-10T14:18:42-04:00

Is Excessive Gas a Sign of a More Serious Issue?

2025-08-12T11:03:21-04:00

Could excessive flatulence signal a GI issue? Learn the causes of gas, how to manage symptoms, and when to see a GI specialist. By: Said Nabhan, M.D. Your gastrointestinal tract performs much like a factory. It converts raw materials – nutrients – into energy and then packs what’s left over into waste (stool) that you [...]

Is Excessive Gas a Sign of a More Serious Issue?2025-08-12T11:03:21-04:00

At-Home and Non-Invasive Treatments for External Hemorrhoids

2025-08-12T08:20:38-04:00

External hemorrhoids can be painful and embarrassing. They can also lead to other health issues and lifestyle changes. Learn your treatment options. A popular myth has it that Napoleon Bonaparte lost the Battle of Waterloo due to external hemorrhoids so painful he couldn’t ride his horse to survey the battlefield. While historians argue the tale, [...]

At-Home and Non-Invasive Treatments for External Hemorrhoids2025-08-12T08:20:38-04:00

How to Use Diaphragmatic Breathing to Improve Your GI Health

2025-06-10T14:20:35-04:00

Diaphragmatic breathing, or belly breathing, can be an effective technique for calming common GI issues. This blog explains how to perform them. By: Said Nabhan, M.D. The old saying goes that the way to someone’s heart is through the stomach. Well, here’s a new saying: The way to ease heartburn is through the belly [...]

How to Use Diaphragmatic Breathing to Improve Your GI Health2025-06-10T14:20:35-04:00

Cincinnati GI Patient Newsletter – Jun 2025

2025-06-10T14:47:00-04:00

June 2025 How a Rubber Band Can Eliminate Hemorrhoids If you’re bothered by internal hemorrhoids – found within the lining of the anus and lower rectum – hemorrhoid banding may be the answer. It’s a common treatment that works just as you might guess. During this outpatient procedure, a rubber band or ring is [...]

Cincinnati GI Patient Newsletter – Jun 20252025-06-10T14:47:00-04:00

9 Home Remedies for Heartburn – and for Preventing GERD

2025-06-03T08:25:30-04:00

Many people use home remedies for heartburn, but do they work? It depends on whether you have heartburn or GERD. This blog offers remedies and more. By: Said Nabhan, M.D. If you’re looking for some reliable home remedies for heartburn, put down that glass of milk and read on. Milk is among many popular [...]

9 Home Remedies for Heartburn – and for Preventing GERD2025-06-03T08:25:30-04:00

Lactose Intolerance and IBS: How to Tell the Difference

2025-04-18T13:06:06-04:00

When a scoop of ice cream causes more stomach pain than personal pleasure, is it lactose intolerance or irritable bowel syndrome? Here’s how to tell. Hmmm. Was it the sour cream or the nachos? If you suffer from an upset stomach after eating food combos such as this, it could be due to irritable bowel [...]

Lactose Intolerance and IBS: How to Tell the Difference2025-04-18T13:06:06-04:00

Cincinnati GI Patient Newsletter – March 2025

2025-03-06T16:44:37-05:00

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, [...]

Cincinnati GI Patient Newsletter – March 20252025-03-06T16:44:37-05:00
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