by Gwen Bautista | Jun 26, 2023 | Colon Cancer, Digestive Care, GERD
Suffering from chronic stomach pains? Irritable bowels? Have blood in your stool? It could be time to see a gastrointestinal specialist, also known as a gastroenterologist. Let’s talk about what GI doctors do and when you know it’s time to call one. What does a...
by Gwen Bautista | Mar 29, 2023 | Colon Cancer, Digestive Care
Digestive Health Institute Gastroenterologist Dorian Jones, M.D., Appears on NBC’s Lansing LIVES! for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Dorian Jones, M.D., is one of the gastroenterologists on staff at the Digestive Health Institute. Recently, he was featured on...
by Gwen Bautista | Mar 27, 2023 | Colon Cancer, Digestive Care
Dread. Fear. Embarrassment. These are emotions so commonly associated with colonoscopy. But why? Like a local legend involving cryptoids or haunted houses, the anxiety over having a colonoscopy has taken on a life of its own, growing in size and hyperbole like a...
by Gwen Bautista | Mar 13, 2023 | Colon Cancer, Digestive Care
A new report released by the American Cancer Society in March 2023 shows that a diagnosis of colorectal cancer is shifting to a younger population, and the cancer is often later-stage. Of people that are newly diagnosed, 20% are under the age of 55. In addition,...
by Gwen Bautista | Mar 6, 2023 | Colon Cancer
With March being Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the Digestive Health Institute is providing people with helpful insight regarding colorectal health, including understanding colonoscopies, who should be screened and why, Colorectal Cancer risk and treatment, and...
by Gwen Bautista | Mar 1, 2023 | Colon Cancer
With March being Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the Digestive Health Institute is providing people with helpful insight regarding colorectal health, including understanding colonoscopies, who should be screened and why, Colorectal Cancer risk and treatment, and...