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It’s a timeless question asked by patients and the source of internet myths: If one gender is more prone to developing hemorrhoids than the other? While there are a variety of reasons a woman may get more hemorrhoids than a man or vice versa, to say that one gender is more prone to develop hemorrhoids […]

Our gut is fascinating. It’s a complex system that starts in our mouth and is made up of various parts of the body involved in the digestion process such as the esophagus, gallbladder, liver, stomach, pancreas, duodenum, large intestine, jejunum, appendix, ileum, rectum, and anus. As well as processing food and nutrients and excreting waste, […]

The clear blue skies, warm temps, outdoor parties, and days at the pool are proof that it’s summertime. But, the weather isn’t the one and only thing getting hotter. If you are dealing with GI symptoms during these warmer months, you don’t have to suffer alone. Request a consultation with a gastrointestinal doctor at Triborough […]

Every day, it seems that something new is discovered about the novel COVID-19: whether it’s new cases, medical developments or a change in laws.  Research has unearthed the possibility that elderly and obese people are more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19. With the United States containing some of the most obese people in the […]

Michael Gibney (Nutrition Expert) in his eighth year of retirement reflects on the following: We have made little progress in mastering accurate measures of food intake, something absolutely fundamental to the subject. Energy underreporting, which is found in about 40% of respondents in any typical survey, is a major source of error in public health nutrition. Being […]

With news for a treatment for the novel coronavirus always circulating, there’s no shortage of possibilities. The rapidly growing list of treatments for COVID-19 includes an unlikely candidate: famotidine, the active compound in the over-the-counter heartburn drug called Pepcid. Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who received famotidine were twice as likely to survive the virus, according to […]

One of the biggest killers in the United States, colorectal cancer is the third most common type of non-skin cancer. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Anyone who believes they could be suffering from colorectal cancer should talk to a gastroenterologist immediately. While colorectal cancer is deadly, your chances […]

For about a decade, 45-year-old Ms. Chen skipped breakfast, ate mostly leftovers, and took her meals at odd hours. Shortly after she checked into Guangji Hospital in Hezhou with “unbearable” abdominal pain, doctors spent over six hours removing 200 gallstones, some of which were egg-sized.