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MY DOCTOR WANTS ME TO SWALLOW WHAT?? By Jill Linder, RN Most patients have never heard of a CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY before. This type of test requires swallowing a camera, about the size of a large pill, in order to take a closer look at your small intestine. This camera has a light on the […]
THE CHALLENGES OF MAINTAINING WEIGHT LOSS Weight management is HARD. The old theory of “calories in vs. calories out” is JUST NOT ACCURATE. Our bodies are far more sophisticated and complicated than that simple formula. “If you’ve ever tried to lose weight and found the pounds won’t come off easily — or they […]
ACUPUNCTURE IN CROHN’S & ULCERATIVE COLITIS (IBD) Check out this excellent summary from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America’s website of an article in the journal IBD regarding the potential role that acupuncture may have as a complementary treatment for inflammatory bowel disease: https://site.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/research/clinical-trials-community/research-updates/acupuncture-in-inflammatory.html “Increased intestinal sensitivity leading to abdominal pain and […]
BENEFITS OF A BRIEF BOOZE BREAK Check out the link to the article from NPR.org about the increasing trend (and subsequent scientific evidence of health benefits) moderate alcohol drinkers experience with holidays from alcohol: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/23/732876026/breaking-the-booze-habit-even-briefly-has-its-benefits “A 2016 British study of about 850 men and women who volunteered to abstain from alcohol during Dry January found […]
