Dr. Kumar explains how HyGieacare, a same-day bowel prep, works as compared to a traditional bowel preps. Traditionally, before a person has a colonoscopy, they need to do a bowel prep which can mean drinking lots of fluid and running to the bathroom, sometimes disrupting a person's sleep. [Read More]
Archives for September 2018
Treatment Options for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dr. Kumar explains the complexity of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and the various medical and surgical treatment options that are used to help prolong a person's remission and prevent relapse. [Read More]
Aspirin Therapy
Important study ASCEND published in the NEJM and presented at the European College of Cardiology. Over 15,000 asymptomatic well controlled diabetics studied for 7 1/2 years to whether low dose aspirin prevented their first heart attack or stoke. It did! Reduced the risk by about 12%. However, the [Read More]
Nosebleeds & Children
Nosebleeds occur in 30% of kids age 2-tween. The nasal mucosa is thin and the vasculature is rich. When a child is dehydrated, has nasal congestion, or picks the nose, the thin mucosa is not much protection. The noses starts bleeding. It's usually at the tip of the nose (Keisselbach's plexus). [Read More]
Do Heartburn Drugs Increase the Risk of an Early Death?
Recent research shows heartburn medication has been associated with bone fractures, demesne, heart and kidney problems, and now death. But is this study just a observational study done on patients only using heartburn drugs? Learn more below as Dr. Kumar discusses the [Read More]
