Ishwari Prasad MD

More Proof Heartburn Products Are Dangerous

Heartburn is a common condition and estimated to affect nearly 60 million Americans at least once a month.1 The pain is often described as sharp and burning, sometimes behind the breastbone and other times moving around the neck or throat. A Norwegian research team2 reported the incidence of people who experienced acid reflux at least once a …

10 Signs You're Gluten Intolerant

It's estimated that 99% of the people who have either gluten intolerance or celiac disease are never diagnosed. Could you be one of them?

How to Get Rid of a Stye

Have a pimple-like bump on your eyelid? How to get rid of it for good.

I give my tomatoes antacid tablets. Here's why.

Should You Worry? Granite Peaks Gastroenterology

When should you start worrying about heartburn? If you are feeling these symptoms, it may be a good time for a checkup.

Gastroenterology Study Finds Prebiotics Reduce Body Fat in Overweight Children

AGA microbiome expert Dr. Geoffrey A. Preidis weighs in on this new study and why the findings are clinically relevant.

What is Osteopathic Medicine?

Osteopathic Medicine is founded in the belief that the body is more than just the sum of its parts.

Private equity in gastroenterology: Is it the future?

Private equity is courting doctors by offering them independence in a way that hospitals can't.

Could osteopathy be used to treat headaches and migraine?

A new study provides insights into how musculoskeletal conditions such as back pain and certain types of headaches and migraine, may be treated differently.

Expanding the osteopathic concept for the health of all things

May expanded access to, and understanding of the osteopathic concept invite us to see, embrace, and live this more fully in our personal and professional lives.

Does osteopathy work?

There's some evidence osteopathy can reduce the need for pain medications.

Does Osteopathic Manipulation Relieve Low Back Pain?

A study that randomly assigned patients with low back pain to osteopathic manipulation or sham therapy was nicely executed, says F. Perry Wilson, but still leaves him a bit unsure.

Can osteopathy help you get a better sleep?

Understanding 6 trends shaping health care through gastroenterology

I was curious to explore how exactly health care's trends are shaping any one medical specialty.

What My Mentor Taught Me About Osteopathy

The important lessons about osteopathy I was taught that saved me years of frustration and deepened my understanding of osteopathic principles.

Evaluation of Industry Relationships Among Authors of Clinical Practice Guidelines in...

This study examines the prevalence of conflicts of interest among authors of clinical practice guidelines and failure to accurately report financial relationships among authors and industry.

Why Do MDs Get More Research Dollars Than Doctors of Osteopathy?

Building global awareness of US osteopathic medicine

During the World Health Assembly, DOs educated health care leaders on osteopathic medicine, noting that U.S.-trained DOs are fully licensed physicians.

Osteopathic Physicians: An Answer To Rural Health Care Needs?

The growing number of osteopathic doctors could help fill the primary care niche in medically underserved areas.

4 things to know about Osteopathic Recognition

Learn what it means for residency programs to have Osteopathic Recognition, which programs are obtaining it and more.