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GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: SWALLOWING AN EXPANDING CAPSULE FOR WEIGHT LOSS? Check out this article from CNN.com about a new medical device recently cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration to help treat obesity. Biotechnology company Gelesis, which developed the product, “announced FDA clearance this month and noted that the product, called Plenity, is the only […]
Check out this article in MedPage Today that reinforces what our team firmly believes, that optimal care of irritable bowel syndrome requires attending to all the potential contributing factors to this complicated and challenging condition, including nutrition, food sensitivities, heightened nerve sensitivity, mind-gut connection, and alterations in the gut microbiome. “Multi-focal therapy may be a […]
Check out this article from Gut Microbiota for Health regarding the benefit that routine intake of fermented milk products (FMP), like yogurt and kefir, can have on mild gastrointestinal distress. “Occasional gastrointestinal symptoms are common in the otherwise healthy population. Most symptoms respond to dietary changes presumably via changes in the gut microbiota. Evidence shows […]
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: NEW HOPE FOR FATTY LIVER TREATMENT? Non-alcoholic FATTY LIVER disease (often referred to as NAFLD or fatty liver) affects about 30% of the U.S. population and is poised to become the most common cause of cirrhosis of the liver and therefore the most common reason a liver transplant will be needed in […]
