Digestive Health
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6 Questions About Poop You’ve Always Wanted to Ask
It can be challenging to know if your habits are normal, but they hold clues to what’s happening in your digestive system and elsewhere in your body.
Could Your Abdominal Pain Be Diverticulitis?
The digestive condition occurs when small, bulging pouches develop in the colon and become inflamed or infected.
Spicy Food Doesn’t Cause Ulcers – Here’s What Really Does
Peptic ulcers develop when stomach acid damages the digestive lining. Learn about symptoms, causes and strategies to find relief.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is on the Rise
When severe abdominal pain, diarrhea and fatigue don’t go away, those symptoms may amount to more than a sensitive stomach.
How Food Labels Can Be Misleading
If you’re trusting what the food labels at the supermarket say, making healthy choices might be harder than you think.
Alpha-Gal Syndrome: The Meat Allergy Caused by a Tick Bite
Triggered by a bite from the Lone Star tick, the condition results in an allergic reaction to red meat, dairy and other products made from mammals.
New Developments in Treating Fatty Liver Disease
Several new drugs can significantly slow or even halt steatotic liver disease, previously known as fatty liver disease, in some patients.
Gastric Bypass Helps Patient Lose Over 110 Pounds
Down 112 pounds since her gastric bypass at UH Digestive Health Institute, Shawnte Richardson of Maple Heights looks and feels better than ever.