Healthy Living

If you are inspired by Jeanie’s story, you can make small, important lifestyles changes to stay healthy. “Along with pharmaceutical methods to treat cardiovascular risk factors, if you want to…

For most people, the spring and summer months are a beautiful time, with the beginning of warm weather and blooming flowers. But for the 50 million Americans who suffer from…

Colon cancer remains a common and deadly cancer—it is the second most common cause of cancer death in men and women in the United States, affecting approximately four percent of…

With the beginning of the year, comes the usual rush of consults to my office for abnormal liver tests. Perhaps it’s a coincidence, but my suspicion is that these visits…

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs; e.g. Prilosec/omeprazole, Prevacid/lansoprazole, and others) are among the most commonly used medications, with prevalence estimates ranging between about five percent and fifteen percent of the adult…

Did you know what you eat plays an important role in staying healthy during cold and flu season? “Maintaining your everyday healthy eating pattern is very important for your immune…

It seems like fall has just begun, but we’re already talking about the flu virus. It is difficult to predict what type of flu will be prominent each year. Flu…

The dermatological medical community has known for a long time that psoriasis, a chronic, inflammatory condition of the skin, is extremely common and affects approximately 3 percent of the U.S.…

Functional dyspepsia, also known as non-acid dyspepsia, is characterized by discomfort and pain involving the upper gastrointestinal tract. It is a common condition that is present in 15–20 percent of…

  Anorectal manometry (ARM) is a study ito look further into anal sphincter and rectal pressures and function. The most common reason why we use this test is to look…