5 Tips For a Healthy Colon
The colon is an essential organ in human digestion. When functioning correctly, it helps recycle vital nutrients and get the body ready to eliminate harmful solid waste products. Here are five tips for proper colon health. Reducing sugar in the diet Sugar produces...
Reducing the Risk: Health Routines to Prevent Cancer
Cancer is an abnormality of the tissue cells that multiply in any part of the body by causing a growth. The growth is known as a tumor. Cancer can be malign or benign—patients who have cancer go for Chemotherapy treatment, which is generally a painful and expensive...
How Colorectal Surgeries Continue to Improve
Colorectal surgery has evolved significantly over the past thirty years. While open surgery techniques were the gold standard prior to the 1990s, now laparoscopic approaches make up 40–50% of all colorectal tissue cutting procedures. Laparoscopic procedures are...
How Healthcare and Technology Will Intersect in the Near Future
Recent developments, including COVID-19, have presented new challenges for medical professionals. Going forward, most experts agree that the use of advanced technology will not just be more convenient, but an absolute necessity in the coming years. Both healthcare and...
How to Prepare For Colorectal Surgery
Colorectal surgery can be necessary for treating conditions of the anus and colon. These include both malignant and pre-malignant conditions, such as polyps, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and cancer. In order to prepare the bowel to undergo colorectal surgery,...
Necessity and Invention; How the Medical Field Has Invented Solutions in the Wake of COVID-19
Never has the need to invent been more apparent than during the COVID-19 pandemic. Being a health crisis, it needs to be viewed from all angles in order to control and, if possible, resolve it. Innovations in Healthcare is a company committed to promoting innovators...
How Augmented Reality Will Impact the Medical Field
Augmented Reality in the Medical Field Augmented reality (AR) is becoming increasingly popular among companies in the medical industry. With AR, healthcare professionals are able to see how new medical tools and drugs work with the body. What's the Difference Between...
How Doctors Are Using Technology to Combat COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak is having an impact on countries all over the world. Pharmaceutical researchers and doctors are looking to new technologies to give them more ways to treat individuals and minimize exposure to the disease. What Technologies are Being Used to...
Recovering From Colorectal Surgery
Surgery is one of the most common corrective actions you can take for colon cancer. New technology and updated procedures continue to make the process safer for patients. A specific specialized form of the surgery is done by Virtua surgeons, who use robotic and...
Digestive Diseases that Affect the Colon and Rectum
There are a range of digestive diseases that can significantly impact a person’s life. Unfortunately, many people don’t recognize the symptoms of a problem until it has advanced. In some cases, symptoms are simply ignored, which is a mistake. Many people think the issue will resolve itself after a few days, weeks, or months.