If I had to describe Jamar Rogers in just one word it would be life. More than anyone else I have ever met or spoken with, Jamar Rogers is full of life. It was evident from the first time I saw him on the second season of NBC’s The Voice and it was reconfirmed last week when I spoke with him on the phone, that this is a guy who is truly living his best life. Jamar’s spirit and energy and courage shines through everything he does, on stage and off. One of the things that have allowed him to...

The colonoscope is the primary tool gastroenterologists rely on to screen patients for colorectal cancer and colonoscopy exams are still considered the most sensitive method for detecting cancers. But too many adenomas, or precancerous polyps, are missed during colonoscopy because they can hide on the backside of the colon folds. This week at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in Orlando, Florida, EndoChoice (Alpharetta, Georgia) unveiled research showing that its new FUSE (Full Spectrum Endoscope) system significantly improves the accuracy of the procedure and greatly reduces the number of adenomas missed by colonoscopists.

Remember when expectant parents would go around showing off their ultrasound pictures to 350 or more of their family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, and old classmates? Neither do I. Yet on any given day I can see 3-D ultrasound pictures posted by Facebook friends I only vaguely remember from school. Awe, it’s a picture of your uterus, you shouldn't have. No, really, you shouldn't have! Socially speaking, this trend is downright disturbing, especially when the mother-to-be makes it her profile picture. Now her fetus is available for the entire world to...