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Most patients are unaware that they have diverticulosis until they have symptoms or when the condition is found incidentally on a CT scan or during a colonoscopy for colon cancer screening.
Dr. Deirdre Faust explains how even people who are sensitive to supplemental iron can find ways to tolerate it.
The Medical College's Clinical and Translational Science Institute is a new and innovative resource to support and advance education, collaboration and research in clinical and translational science.
Dr. Charles Marn discusses two of the alternatives available for colorectal cancer screening. "Offering patients options is a smart thing," he says. "The only bad option is to do nothing."
Reza Shaker, MD, is heading up a new research effort to study the mechanisms that govern the biological interaction between the esophagus and the airway, and their changes due to disease or injury.
"The Medical College has been one of the major centers of kidney stone research for several decades," says Jeffrey A. Wesson, MD, PhD. "Our work is aimed at understanding the processes that lead to stone formation."
There have been at least 165 cases of Salmonellosis reported from 31 states this year. Wisconsin has had the most cases, with 20 found as of October 11. No deaths have occurred, but 30 people have been hospitalized.
Average Americans get adequate amino acids from their usual diet. They are in foods that one considers protein-rich: meats, fish, dairy, eggs, nuts, seeds, and legumes like black beans.
Before recommending any kind of treatment, the first step is to be sure the diagnosis is actually hemorrhoids. It is worth a trip to the doctor.
Rotavirus is very contagious, spreading easily from children who are already infected. In fact, nearly every child in the US has been infected by age 5.
"Our goal is to devise a unique treatment strategy for each patient to help them achieve excellent quality of life and durable remission."
Many people, especially women, have had urinary tract infections (UTIs). What are they, where do they come from, and how do you get rid of them?
Medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea are all substantially improved by surgical weight loss, says Dr. James Wallace. "The effects of the surgery are remarkable, and quite profound in all areas."
Dr. Shane Phillips has observed that many diets work in the beginning because they are designed around rapid weight reduction. "But typically," he cautions, "it is difficult to maintain the same rate of weight loss for long."
Dr. Mary Cohan offers many methods to help patients manage incontinence. "It is not considered a normal part of aging and there are simple ways to treat it," she notes. "Don't wait to seek treatment."
Dr. Julie Mitchell notes that the problem with virtual colonoscopy is that, if polyps were found, patients would still need a conventional colonoscopy to remove them.
As a specialist who treats people with eating disorders, George R. Jacobson, PhD, has seen his share of patients who deliberately starve themselves. Part of the problem, he says, is that they cannot perceive themselves realistically.
Reza Shaker, MD, discusses the close connection between psychological state and IBS. "We have for the first time, using fMRI, shown that the neural circuits and brain cells of IBS sufferers are overly sensitive to some stimuli," he says.
Of 76 million cases of food-borne infection in the US each year, approximately 73,000 can be attributed to E. coli O157:H7. "E. coli infections might seem more common than they actually are," says Rick Gillis, MD.
"I glumly realized that I am unable to make it possible for a man who has only part of his throat, a partially paralyzed tongue, no teeth, and almost no saliva to eat a pork chop."
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