Knowing More About Proctitis – The Lesser Known Disease! | August 11th, 2018

Even if you have not heard about proctitis, you have most surely felt it. The disease is one of the most common GI problems and can affect anyone. It is not one that attracts a lot of attention, but it does make your life uncomfortable. How you ask? Ever felt a burning sensation while taking Read More…

Why Fad Diets are Not What you should be Looking at! | August 9th, 2018

Dieting and weight loss are things that are often prescribed to people with a number of conditions and the results are always more on the positive side. Anyone who is morbidly obese or overweight, has Type 2 Diabetes, or some other gastrointestinal problem can benefit from this sort of diet restriction regime. However, not all Read More…

3 Tricks To Get Rid Of Your Hemorrhoid Pain In Quick Time | August 3rd, 2018

Hemorrhoids are an extremely painful business and whenever someone gets affected, they lose sleep over their pain and bowel movements. So, what does one do to relieve them of the immense pain and get to the doctor to start the treatment? Well, this blog is going to give you some heads up on this topic. Read More…

Cologuard Technology

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3.2.15

Testing for colon cancer just got easier. If you don’t already know, Cologuard is a new competing technology for colon cancer screening that is simple and ease of use. It involves no prep, no sedation, and most importantly, its effective. What exactly is Cologuard? Cologuard is a cancer detection test. Specifically, it tests for genetic Read More…

Vernon Receives Recognition – North Carolina Gastroenterologist

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9.12.14

The practice of Kurt Vernon, MD, The GI Guy, is proud to announce that we have received a ‘Tier 1 Designation”, a high quality recognition from one of the nation’s largest health insurers – Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC.  BCBSNC Tiered Network utilizes administrative claims data to identify high quality, low cost providers and Read More…

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