by Emily Schuster | Sep 23, 2024 | Patient Education
Velacur is an ultrasound imaging tool that physicians use to measure liver stiffness and attenuation, the two leading indicators of fatty liver disease. The Velacur procedure is painless, non-invasive and can be performed in 10 minutes, with results that can be...
by Emily Schuster | Sep 23, 2024 | Patient Education
Fatty liver disease is the fastest-growing segment of chronic liver disease. It is estimated that more than one in three adults suffer from Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease aka. MASLD (previously non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD)1. With...
by Emily Schuster | Aug 24, 2021 | Patient Education
What is a therapeutic ERCP? Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or ERCP, is a study of the ducts that drain the liver and pancreas. Ducts are drainage routes into the bowel. The ones that drain the liver and gallbladder are called bile or biliary ducts....
by Emily Schuster | Aug 24, 2021 | Patient Education
What is a colonoscopy? Colonoscopy lets your doctor examine the lining of your large intestine (colon) for abnormalities by inserting a thin flexible tube, as thick as your finger, into your anus and slowly advancing it into the rectum and colon. This instrument,...
by Emily Schuster | Aug 24, 2021 | Patient Education
Colonoscopy is a common and very safe procedure that examines the lining of the lower intestinal tract called the colon or large intestine. When used as a colon cancer prevention method, colonoscopy can find potentially precancerous growths called polyps and remove...
by Emily Schuster | Aug 24, 2021 | Patient Education
What is Ulcerative Colitis? Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that results in chronic inflammation of the large intestine. Inflammation is the body’s response to injury or illness, and may include increased blood flow, warmth and...
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