Digestive Diseases (General)

Latest News
• Clearing Ulcer Bug Does Not Heal All Stomach Woes (03/06/2001, Reuters)

From the National Institutes of Health
• Facts and Fallacies About Digestive Diseases (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Overview of Digestive Diseases (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)

Anatomy/Physiology

• Your Digestive System (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Your Digestive System and How It Works (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Digestive System Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Gastrointestinal Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Intestinal Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• Clinical Trials: Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Diagnostic Laparoscopy (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons)
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons)
• Lower GI Series (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• What is ERCP? (American Gastroenterological Association)
• What is Upper GI Endoscopy? (American Gastroenterological Association)

Nutrition

• Digestive Diseases and Disorders: Nutrition and Cookbook Reviews (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Pictures/Diagrams

• Atlas of the Body: The Digestive System (American Medical Association)

Prevention/Screening

• Digestive Health Tips (American College of Gastroenterology)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Cryptosporidiosis: Fact Sheet (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
• Gas in the Digestive Tract (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Harmful Effects of Medicines on the Adult Digestive System (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Indigestion (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Smoking and Your Digestive System (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Whipple's Disease (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Why Do I Have Gas? (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - Easy-to-Read

Treatment

• No More Tummy Troubles! (National Women's Health Information Center)
• PDQ-Treatment-Patients: Small Intestine Cancer (National Cancer Institute)

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• Digestive Diseases Dictionary (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)

Directories

• Directory of Digestive Disease Organizations for Patients (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• GI Physician Locator (American College of Gastroenterology)

Lists of Print Publications

• Digestive Disease Publications from NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Organizations

• American College of Gastroenterology
• American Gastroenterological Association
• Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association
• National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Statistics

• FASTATS: Digestive Disorders (National Center for Health Statistics)

Children

• CVS (Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome) Facts (Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association)
• Intussusception (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Real Deal on the Digestive System (Nemours Foundation)
• Treating Gastroenteritis and Dehydration in Your Child (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Español/Spanish

• PDQ-Tratamiento-Pacientes: Cáncer del Intestino Delgado (National Cancer Institute)