Nervous about getting a colonoscopy? A gastroenterologist answers six common questions about prep, the procedure, and what to expect.
Taken by millions for acid reflux, omeprazole lowers the stomach acid that keeps bacteria in check. Years on it may raise the ...
The result of your fecal occult blood test is "positive".Thinking it might be colorectal cancer makes you anxious.However, it ...
The Hippocratic Oath has been around for two thousand years. Some people did not get the memo. These are the stories of the ...
I suspect that omeprazole is the key here. This is a type of proton-pump inhibitor - drugs widely prescribed to treat reflux.
One of the hardest things for me to comprehend is how quickly we went from trying to treat him, to losing him.
Even though I had regained a stomach that knew no pain since eradicating H. pylori about two years ago, I have been feeling ...
Procedures carry their own dangers. For every 10,000 screening colonoscopies, nearly 15 cause major bleeding and 3 tear the ...
A woman diagnosed with rectal cancer at just 28 has revealed the warning signs to watch for – as fresh figures expose an ...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline is 1-800-950-6264 (NAMI) and provides information and referral services; ...
A short course of immunotherapy before surgery may offer remarkably durable protection for some patients with stage two or three bowel cancer. In the NEOPRISM-CRC trial, 32 patients with a specific ...
A woman wants people to be aware of the warning signs after being diagnosed with a deadly disease at just 28 years of age.