Category Archives: colonoscopy

Gut feeling: colonoscopies are a marvel of modern medicine

About 10 years ago, suffering from some stomach troubles, my family doctor recommended that I do a colonoscopy. I was barely 40 years old, and just the thought Not even ‘pixelated’ — my ‘gut feeling’ is that these images showing … Continue reading

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A happy and healthy new year…

Being the Jewish New year (5772 since the world was created, of course), although I am totally secular, I find myself taking a couple days off my “Denisovich” lifestyle to visit with family. It seems that one of the main … Continue reading

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