Dr. Purnima V Balachandran MD

In the United States alone, over 780,000 individuals are living with Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the entire digestive tract. To this day, it remains a painful, debilitating, and complex disease for which a cure has yet to be found. But now, research has...

The symptoms of gastroenteritis will usually settle within a couple of days if your immunity is strong. If symptoms are severe and they persist for more than a week, it is advisable to seek medical advice from a doctor. If you are diagnosed with gastroenteritis, your doctor will recommend the...

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have made an astounding discovery. They have identified a bacterial enzyme that may be responsible for tampering with the gut flora and, as a result, triggering Crohn’s disease – a painful, inflammatory bowel...

Famous comedian and celebrity Jon Stewart has opened up about his son’s personal battle with celiac disease in 2014, sitting down with Jennifer Esposito to discuss her memoir Jennifer's Way. For those who have this disease, the effects of it on day to day life is real. This disease can leave...

Have you ever experienced an episode of diverticulitis? It's certainly an unpleasant experience. It does not matter whether you are one of those that has not experienced it or one of those that has had a bad case of diverticulitis; you definitely don’t want to experience it anytime soon. Luckily...

Crohn’s disease affects the body’s gastrointestinal tract, usually but not always in the intestines. All along the GI tract, countless bacteria and microorganisms live and thrive from the time that a person turns one or two years of age. The relationship between this community of...