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Family History and Early Colon Screening
Family history is a vital component of medical examination. Doctors across all medical fields routinely ask for family history information during consultations.
May 4th, 2020

Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is an allergic condition in the esophagus and accompanied by large numbers of white blood cells, eosinophils, in the inner lining of the esophagus. Eosinophils cause inflammation or injure the esophageal tissue.
Apr 24th, 2020

How to Reintroduce FODMAPs

For patients who suffer from IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), or similar conditions, the low FODMAP diet could be helpful in overall symptom improvement.
Apr 24th, 2020

Is Keto or Paleo Right for You?

A restrictive diet might be appealing to those who have gut-related health issues. The ketogenic (keto) and paleolithic (paleo) diet are two commonly practiced systems that mirror these benefits.
Apr 17th, 2020

Pet Therapy
Pet therapy has been widely known to have a multitude of positive effects and improve patients’ well-being physically, psychosocially, and emotionally.
Apr 16th, 2020

Eating Disorders and GI Health
Eating disorders, anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN), are often accompanied by gastrointestinal issues.
Apr 7th, 2020

COVID-19 and Digestive Symptoms

There is evolving information regarding the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which has affected multiple countries worldwide.
Apr 6th, 2020

What is Interstitial Cystitis?

Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic bladder condition which often presents with pelvic pain, urinary urgency and urinary frequency.
Apr 3rd, 2020

Custom Meal Prep Services for Your Personalized Diet
Many times, we advise a modified diet for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, bacterial overgrowth, and functional bowel diseases. Sometimes we give dietary recommendations for prevention of chronic diseases as well.
Nov 14th, 2019

Study Shows Treating H. pylori Decreases Gastric Cancer Mortality
I often wonder whether it is worth it to ask young healthy people to eradicate H. pylori infection if they have no symptoms, or minimal symptoms. H. pylori infection is very common, and most people don't know and don't care if they harbor this infection.
Nov 12th, 2019

Telehealth: The Advantages of Telemedicine
Struggles to get to the clinic? Trying to reduce your exposure to COVID-19, as well as other contagious illnesses, and still need to see your doctor? Telehealth is safe and easy — receive quality care from anywhere.
Dec 23rd, 2020

Preventing Esophageal Cancer with WATS3D
This allows Dr. Treyzon increased ability to detect Barrett’s esophagus (the precursor to esophageal cancer) by 83% and esophageal dysplasia (aka pre-cancer) by 88% in GERD patients.
Apr 3rd, 2018

23andMe: DNA Genetic Testing
23andMe provides two Personal Genetic Services that require submitting a saliva sample using the saliva collection kit that you send to the lab for analysis.
Jan 17th, 2018

What is Leaky Gut?
Leaky gut syndrome refers to the weakened gut barrier that readily exposes individuals to food antigens, toxins, and foreign microbes.
Jan 9th, 2018

The Elemental Diet
An Alternative Treatment Option for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
May 2nd, 2017

EnteraGam
A Different Approach to Managing Your Chronic Diarrhea
Apr 30th, 2017

H. pylori
Understanding the Bacterial Cause of Most Peptic Ulcers and Stomach Cancers
Apr 28th, 2017
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