Amy Jacob

Cold months call for winter essentials: coats, boots, accessories, and trusty lip balm – but what happens when the more you apply it, the drier your lips become?

A blood test typically used to monitor blood levels of DNA fragments from dead cancer cells can also be sued to monitor the potential spread (and severity) of metastatic melanoma.

Younger members of minority and ethnic groups are being diagnosed with more advanced stages of colorectal cancer than non-Hispanic whites.

Gastroenterologists, performing fecal matter transplantation (FMT) for adult patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (C. diff) found no difference in lower rates of diarrhea resolution between frozen or fresh FMT.

Cesarean (C-section) deliveries and babies’ post-birth diets have an effect on six-week-old infants’ gut microbiomes.

Processed, industrial foods are associated with an increased risk of development of autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

In the wake of the holiday season, folks are enduring their busy work weeks complaining about having eaten too much or suffering from indigestion.

Chromoendoscopy trumps random biopsy or white-light colonoscopy as a method for discovering dysplasia in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) patients.

Just in time for the legalization of medical marijuana to take effect in New York, one cannabis distributor has gotten Kosher status for its products.

Scientists have successfully transformed human skin cells to functional insulin-producing pancreatic cells.

There are many conditions which pediatricians and other health care professionals are well prepared to handle, recent research has shown a considerable amount of work remains to be done for the youngest anxiety patients.

Individualized medicine is a growing trend in health care and is making its way into the field of gastroenterology. Doctors are now looking to find treatments that not only work best for their patients but will also be easy for them to follow long term.

Adults afflicted with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other gastrointestinal symptoms can benefit both short- and long-term from psychological therapies.

As a nonprofit organization OpenBiome is becoming one of the leaders in fecal microbiota transplantation technology and also working to boost other areas of public health as well.

It was not long ago that patients with hepatitis C were among the leading candidates for liver transplants. Now that many forms of the disease are curable that attention can be turned to other patients in need.

Patients with irritable bowel disease can have enough issues to deal with in their daily lives. Add a condition like c-diff can make the treatment that much more complicated.

The gene Sprouty 2, previously thought to subdue the growth of cancer, has actually been found to speed up the spread of colorectal cancer.

Travelling long distance for mastectomy patients still proves to be a significant hindrance for breast reconstruction.

New research has found that performing confirmatory diagnostic tests before treating nail fungus (onychomycosis) with topical medicine efinaconazole is significantly more cost effective.

Premature newborns that experience prolonged skin-to-skin contact with moms while still in the hospital have a lower risk of death.

Psoriasis patients may be at higher risk for developing cancers like nonmelanoma skin cancer, lymphoma, and lung cancer.

People suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) also often have lower levels of vitamin D.

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved the Fenix Continence Restoration System for the treatment of fecal incontinence for patients who have tried and failed other medical and surgical options.

There have long been safety concerns regarding indoor- and self-tanning, as more than 3,000 annual US emergency room visits, on average, are linked to indoor tanning.

Marla Dubinsky, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, reviewed some of the more common side effects associated with the more common therapies that most IBD experts discuss.

Marla Dubinsky, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, discussed at the 2015 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Annual meeting the various levels involved with the relationship between prevention and management in pediatric IBD.

Location-based dating and social discovery application, Tinder, has joined forces with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to make it easier for users to register as organ donors.

Seniors who developed the painful rash commonly known as shingles may also be at higher risk of suffering a stroke or heart attack.

The holiday season, typically associated with family traditions, baking, and indulging, has also been linked to another gem: cosmetic surgery.

Global pharmaceutical company Allergan announced today the availability by prescription of Viberzi (eluxadoline), their first-in-class treatment for adult patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D).