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GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT!

February 11, 2019Anxiety, Depression & Mental Health Browse by Staff Member Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)TARA TROY, M.D. Gastroenterologist

GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: AUTOIMMUNE & ALLERGIC DISEASES INCREASE THE RISK FOR IBS & FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the frustrating and challenging condition that affects 15% of the U.S. population causing chronic abdominal pain (usually in the lower abdomen) and altered bowel habits (diarrhea, constipation, or going alternating between these extremes). Functional dyspepsia […]

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS: FRIEND OR FOE?

February 9, 2019Browse by Staff Member Diet, Exercise & Healthy Living TARA TROY, M.D. Gastroenterologist

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS: FRIEND OR FOE? Check out this interesting article from Harvard about the potential pros and cons of artificial sweeteners: https://www.health.harvard.edu/…/artificial-sweeteners-suga… “By offering the taste of sweetness without any calories, artificial sweeteners seem like they could be one answer to effective weight loss. The average 12-ounce can of sugar-sweetened soda delivers about 150 calories, […]

RISKS FOR DEVELOPING POST-INFECTIOUS IBS

February 8, 2019Browse by Staff Member Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)TARA TROY, M.D. Gastroenterologist

RISKS FOR DEVELOPING POST-INFECTIOUS IBS Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the frustrating and challenging condition that affects 15% of the U.S. population and causing chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habits. It is well known that contracting an infectious gastroenteritis (a.k.a. stomach flu, GI bug, food poisoning, etc.) can be a trigger for some individuals […]

DIET INFLUENCE ON IBD

February 7, 2019Browse by Staff Member Diet, Exercise & Healthy Living Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)TARA TROY, M.D. Gastroenterologist

DIET INFLUENCE ON IBD For many years, patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis have shared their observations and concerns that their nutrition impacts their disease. FINALLY, research in gastroenterology is paying attention and beginning to confirm what these patients have been telling us for decades. “Increasingly, diet is being appreciated as a non-genetic exposure […]