Living microorganisms in foods and supplements may provide health benefits. The challenge is in discovering which ones to use. The average person has several trillions of microorganisms which inhabit their body and particulalry the gut.  Most of these microorganisms are bacteria but they also consist of other organisms such as yeast. This community of microorganisms...Read More

Biologics have been effective for many patients, but not for all. New drugs, with new mechanisms of action, promise more help and hope. Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affecting the lining of the digestive tract, often spreading deep into the lining of the affected organ. The cause of the disease remains a...Read More

We don’t usually think about the contraction of muscles (motility) that moves the food we eat through our digestive systems. Yet, it is a complex progression and if these contractions function abnormally, anywhere in the process, it can result in unwelcome symptoms. With each bite of food or sip of liquid, the body begins a...Read More

Over 30 million people in the United States are living with chronic liver disease.   This includes patients with Hepatitis C, Cirrhosis (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), Fatty liver disease and Autoimmune Hepatitis. While Hepatitis C is not vaccine preventable, the CDC recommends Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B vaccination for people who have any chronic liver disease.  You...Read More

A clinical trial conducted by the Research Division of Premier Medical Group has contributed to the development of a new combination of drugs for the treatment of Hepatitis C that not only promises a cure for many patients but brings eradication of the disease into view. This April, an article co-authored by Premier Medical Group’s...Read More