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GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT! IBS Relief May Only Be a Couple of Clicks Away by James E. “Jed” Foster, Jr., MA, LMFT One of my favorite parts of the “job” is sharing good news with our patients from the world of research. Take this article, for example, which shows that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy delivered over […]
The “SOIL YOUR UNDIES” test: How is soil influencing our health? By Liz Moon, Nurse Practitioner Check out this article from the Washington Post about how the soil our food is gown in may be affecting our health. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/uncovering-how-microbes-in-the-soil-influence-our-health-and-our-food/2019/09/27/81634f54-a4ba-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html Bill Robertson, a soil scientist at the University of Arkansas plants a pair of men’s 100 percent […]
COLOGUARD APPROVED FOR AGES 45 AND OLDER! Check out this news brief in Healio Gastroenterology about the recent FDA approval for an at-home stool test in adults OLDER THAN 45, reflecting the increasing concern of RISING RATES OF COLORECTAL CANCER IN YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS. Cologuard, a non-invasive colorectal cancer screening test, has been approved […]
GET COMPETITIVE TO GET FIT! Check out this article from CNN.com about a September JAMA Internal Medicine study showing that competition fosters the greatest gains in physical activity. A new study followed 602 overweight or obese adults using fitness trackers and found those who entered a competition game to boost their daily steps […]
