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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN IBS Irritable bowel syndrome is the frustrating and challenging condition that causes chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habits in roughly 15% of the U.S. population. We know that IBS tends to affect women more frequently than men at about a 1.5 to 1 ratio. Though since women are more likely to […]
Just because you have a CHRONIC DISEASE DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO HAVE CHRONIC SYMPTOMS It has been reported that patients that have a chronic disease such as inflammatory bowel disease have a perception that their diagnosis means having to live with chronic symptoms. Patients underreport symptoms and symptoms are under-recognized by healthcare professionals. […]
ANOTHER PESKY REMINDER Check out this recent article in Vox about the ALARMING RISE IN COLORECTAL CANCER IN YOUNGER PEOPLE: “The latest national cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society show adults under the age of 55 have seen their colorectal cancer rate increase 2 percent per year since the mid-1990s. Overall, those born in […]
FATTY LIVER? MILDLY ABNORMAL LIVER TESTS? NAFLD? If your doctor has mentioned these diagnoses to you or you just noticed it incidentally when you were looking at your medical records, you are definitely NOT ALONE. Non-alcoholic FATTY LIVER disease (often referred to as NAFLD or fatty liver) affects about 30% of the U.S. population and […]