You’ll need to work with your doctor to find the best combination of medicine, diet, counseling, and support to keep flare-ups down and quality of life way up. Though their initials are close, their symptoms may initially seem similar, and they’re both chronic conditions, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) are distinctly […]
Often the result of GERD, this condition can be a precursor to America’s fastest growing type of cancer. A new treatment helps lower the toll. Barrett’s esophagus is a condition in which the lining of the esophagus, the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, is replaced by tissue that is similar to the […]
Premier Medical Group is pleased to announce that Dr. Zana Nikolla has joined its Gastroenterology Division. Zana Nikolla, M.D. is board certified in Internal Medicine and specializes in neurogastroenterology with a focus on motility disorders of the esophagus and the gut. She received her medical degree from the University of Tirana, Albania and completed a fellowship […]
How does a physician know that his or her patients are in compliance and responding to the treatment plan as well as they should be? Were a patient to pass a kidney stone and then get no additional treatment nor adjust diet and fluid intake, he or she would have a 50 percent chance of […]
Eradication of this common bacterium, discovered in 1982, is the key to curing a wide range of chronic gastric conditions and some cancers. The 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to a pair of Australian physicians for what the prize committee described as a “remarkable and unexpected discovery.” Working together, Drs. Robin […]
Premier Medical Group highlights their renowned staff of physicians to bring insight into the lives of the accomplished colleagues who serve their community. Meet Dr. Walter Parker! If you weren’t a doctor, what would you be? My first choice would be a pro athlete, but that isn’t going […]