Word: gastroenterologist
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...perspective accompanying the new studies, Dr. Thomas Imperiale, a gastroenterologist at Indiana University School of Medicine, takes pains to remind readers that aspirin alone is not a substitute for regular colonoscopy screenings, which enable doctors to locate and snip off growths before they become cancerous. It is also worth remembering that there are other ways to prevent colon cancer, including reducing the saturated fats in your diet and increasing your intake of folate-rich leafy green vegetables. You should probably also limit your consumption of red meat, processed meats and refined carbohydrates. And if you smoke, you should definitely quit...
When he retired in 1997 upon being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, Malt was chief of gastroenterologist surgery, chief of the Nutritional Support Unit, and surgical chief of the Liver, Biliary and Pancreas Center...
...presented any legal challenges to cross-border plans, but it criticizes them. "We always have to be concerned with the quality," says former AMA president Richard Corlin, a gastroenterologist in Santa Monica, Calif. Corlin remembers a patient telling him about a medication he was taking, which Corlin immediately recognized as a drug banned a year earlier in the U.S. because it produced sometimes fatal heart arrhythmia. "He said, 'I get it in Mexico.' Is there someone controlling what they have access to and what they haven't? We do a pretty good job of that in this country...
These meet-and-greets present risks to all parties involved. Dr. Santiago Gallo, a gastroenterologist who has treated dolphins in Mexico, reports cases in which dolphins have swallowed keys, a swimming cap and even a disposable diaper. Worse, critics charge that several dolphins have died prematurely at Manati because of toxic waters. Responds Javier Moreno, the owner of Manati: "If there are deaths, this is not a surprise. These are animals. There is a cycle of life. They die. They are born." He plans to expand the facility and add five dolphins to the roster next year...
...pediatricians' group isn't too fond of those "sippy" cups--no-spill containers with a bite-size spout for drinking. "They're sort of like liquid pacifiers," says Dr. William Cochran, a pediatric gastroenterologist in Danville, Pa., who served on the panel. The cups continually bathe the teeth in the juice's sugars, which can promote cavities and teach kids to turn to food for comfort...