Additional Resources

Doctor Referrals and Drug Information

• MEDLINEplus
  Consumer-friendly information on specific disease topics and conditions as well as links to medical encyclopedias and dictionaries, drug information, and other resources.

Articles and Journals

• MEDLINE
  A service of the National Library of Medicine that provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations since the mid-1960s and additional life science journals.
  
  
• Bibliographic Searches of the Combined Health Information Database (CHID)
  Titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources for specific digestive diseases.
  
  
• Full-text Medical Journals
  A selected list of free full-text online medical journals, especially current issues of journals in PubMed's MEDLINE.
  
  

Other Organizations

• Directory of Digestive Diseases Organizations for Patients
  Lists voluntary and private organizations involved in digestive diseases-related activities for patients.
  
  
• Directory of Digestive Diseases Organizations for Professionals
  Lists organizations that represent health professionals involved in the study and treatment of digestive diseases.
  
  
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  Federal agency responsible for administering Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), and CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments), as well as several other health-related programs.
  
  
• More U.S. Government Resources
  Links to the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, and more.