Chicago-based Gastroenterologist Stephen T. Steiner, MD, is now seeing patients and performing procedures one week each month at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. Gastroenterology focuses on the management of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (such as the esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon), plus the liver. Dr. Steiner does not to rush to diagnoses, instead […]
If you’re looking for a good reason to shape up, consider the finding of a recent study. Here’s the worthy incentive: Men who are fitter in middle age may be less likely to develop and die from cancer. A fitness factor? In JAMA Oncology, researchers looked at the health of nearly 14,000 middle-aged men. They […]
Lowering your risk In the journal BMC Medicine, researchers set out to test if a certain lifestyle pattern might lower a person’s risk for colorectal cancer. To do so, they first created a healthy lifestyle index. This index took into account 5 behaviors: Staying at a healthy weight Not smoking Getting regular physical activity—at least […]
