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Celebrities experience medical emergencies just like the rest of us. Last week, Blink-182 drummer, Travis Barker, was hospitalized for complications after a routine endoscopic procedure. During his endoscopy, a polyp was removed in a sensitive area which ended up damaging a section of his pancreatic drainage system. This resulted in pancreatitis, a rare complication of this type of procedure.

There are many factors that can contribute to a person’s chance of developing colorectal cancer. Race and ethnicity, age, personal health history, and lifestyle are common factors, but family history can also play a major role in your cancer risk.

February is known as the month of love – love for your partner, love for your family and friends, but most importantly love for yourself. Self-love comes in many forms and taking care of your body is one of them! There are so many things you can do to speak your gut’s love language and show it some love this Valentine’s Day season. The Registered Dietitians at MNGI Digestive Health offer these…

  MNGI Digestive Health has the best gastroenterology providers in the business. Their accomplishments are not only recognized by patients, colleagues, and others in the industry, but also by national associations.

The Gastroenterologists with MNGI Digestive Health get to know so much about their patients, but the patients don’t always get to know much about their doctors. This new blog series provides a chance to learn a little bit more about the caring physicians who are caring for you.

At the start of any new year, many of us make commitments to ourselves for healthier, happier living. Some of those commitments stick and some of them fade away. One such commitment that has gained traction and attention is “Dry January”, where people pledge to eliminate the consumption of alcohol from their daily lives for the entire month of January.

MNGI Digestive Health’s Woodbury Endoscopy Center has received the “Guardian of Excellence” award from Press Ganey for consistent high-level performance in Patient Experience. The Woodbury location earned this award by scoring in the 95th percentile in patient satisfaction surveys for the overall facility rating, as measured in four consecutive quarters in a rolling 12-month period. For 35 years…

Make your voice heard! The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently published a draft recommendation to lower the screening age for colorectal cancer (CRC) to 45 years old for average-risk individuals. This would be a change from the current recommendation to start screening at age 50, and the USPSTF is seeking input on these recommendations through November 23rd.

Talking about colorectal cancer can be intimidating or even a little scary. However, knowing the early signs of colorectal cancer can help you catch the disease early, improving the odds that you can prevent it from coming back and beat it.

Every year in March, organizations and individuals around the country work to increase awareness for the risk factors, signs and symptoms, screening recommendations, and resources associated with colorectal cancer. Colorectal Cancer Awareness month is filled with activities and events aimed to educate people about the risks of this terrible disease. However, March of 2020 went differently than…