As a gastroenterologist, I deal a lot with the digestive system. Included in my field of study are such viruses that affect the liver such as Hepatitis. In my book - Winning the Hepatitis C Battle – I discuss a wide variety of details associated with Hepatitis C, like the risk factors. Below you get a …

A few weeks ago I attended the International Probiotics Association World Congress in Los Angeles. Since then I haven’t had enough time to really reflect on the topics and seminars. But now the word is out on my new book “Probiotics For Dummies,” I can finally share with you a little of I learned… After a …

What a wonderful feeling during the book launch Wednesday night to be surrounded by friends and family, and to see copies of Probiotics for Dummies all around the room. Writing a book is not a solitary process – well, at least not the way I do it. I relied on many people to help with research, writing …

Tomorrow, May 2, 2012, is a celebration that culminates months of work and not the kind of work I usually do. In other words, I didn’t do this work in scrubs or meeting with patients at my office. Instead, I spent much of my free time tapping keys on a computer to write a book …

While doctors work very hard to ensure our patients are healthy and happy – we get to travel a bit too. Tomorrow I have the opportunity to visit Los Angeles to attend the International Probiotics Association World Congress 2012. On the official website of the IPA – here’s a short overview of the convention: “IPA …

As Medical Director of the Endoscopy Center of Topeka (ECOT), I have a lot of pride in this team. From their most recent newsletter – Gut Check: your guide to digestive health – let me share with you an informative article: The Case of Rectal Bleeding. You may ask, “Why should I be concerned about rectal …

A New Zealand dairy processor, Fonterra, is working to utilize its knowledge and research about probiotics to create nutritional products for senior citizens, building off its established line of infant nutrition products. (For the full article: http://www.dairyreporter.com/Markets/Fonterra-cross-leverages-infant-nutrition-expertise-to-capture-senior-nutrition-trend) Fonterra representatives told DairyReporter.com that they have all the great nutritional information needed for such a product, and would …

Researching probiotics brought me to an interesting website recently. The Human Microbiome Project is an initiative of the National Institutes of Health to study the microbial cells in the human body, which outnumber human cells 10 to one. It’s only recently that we’ve had the technology to study those microbial cells so that we can …

It seems that many, many people are finding out about the benefits of taking probiotics and that trend is expected to continue. A market researcher found that U.S. per capita spending is expected to double from 2011 through 2016. For more detailed information on that market, click here (http://www.nutraingredients.com/Consumer-Trends/US-per-capita-spending-on-probiotic-supplements-expected-to-nearly-double-by-2016) to read the full article. The …

Probiotic bacteria might be able to alter brain neurochemistry and treat anxiety and depression-related disorders. At the University College Cork, Ireland, they do some of the most progressive research on probiotics in the world. (Click HERE to visit their website.) Researchers there found that mice fed Lactobacillus rhamnosus JB-1 showed “significantly fewer stress, anxiety and …