Digestive Diseases (Print Version)

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Digestive Diseases

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Latest News

New Research on Autism Points to a Novel 'Gut' Disease in Some Kids (10/31/2004, New York Times Syndicate) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20959.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/30/2004)

From the National Institutes of Health

Facts and Fallacies about Digestive Diseases (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/facts/index.htm
Your Digestive System and How It Works (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/index.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/spanish/pubs/yrdd/index.htm

Overviews

Gastrointestinal Functional and Motility Disorders (International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders) - http://www.iffgd.org/GIDisorders/GImain.html
Overview of Gastrointestinal Disorders (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1700/1700.asp?index=7040

Anatomy/Physiology

Atlas of the Body: The Digestive System (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/MedLb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ7C4T46JC⊂_cat=338
Digestive System (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/digestive.html

Diagnosis/Symptoms

Abdominal Pain, Long-Term (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/528.xml
Abdominal Pain, Short-Term (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/527.xml
ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ercp/index.htm
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/sigmoidoscopy/index.htm
Laparoscopy (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/diagnosticlaparoscopygeneralloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/diagnosticlaparoscopygeneralspanishloader.html
Lower GI Series (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/lowergi/index.htm
Stool Color: When to Worry (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00772
Stool Tests (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest8.html
Swallowing Test (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/procdiag/swallowing.pdf
Upper Endoscopy (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/upperendoscopy/index.htm
Upper GI Series (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/uppergi/index.htm
What You Need to Know about the Esophageal Manometry Test (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0300/0340.asp?index=4952

Treatment

What You Need to Know about the Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0237.asp?index=4956

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Digestive System Diseases (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D004066&recruiting;=true
ClinicalTrials.gov: Gastrointestinal Diseases (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D005767&recruiting;=true
ClinicalTrials.gov: Intestinal Diseases (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D007410&recruiting;=true

Specific Conditions

Abdominal Adhesions (Harvard Medical School, InteliHealth) - http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/9394.html
Blind Loop Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00735
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/cvs/index.htm
Indigestion (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/indigestion/index.htm
Intestinal Adhesions (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/intestinaladhesions/index.htm
Intestinal Obstruction (Merck & Co., Inc.) - http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec09/ch132/ch132d.html
Short Bowel Syndrome (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/shortbowel/index.htm
Whipple's Disease (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/whipple/index.htm

Prevention/Screening

Digestive Health Tips (American College of Gastroenterology) - http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/healthtips.asp
Healthy Digestion: Keeping on Track (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DG00012

Nutrition

Digestive Diseases and Nutrition: Questions and Answers (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2200/2217.asp?index=8962
Vitamins and Minerals in the Prevention and Management of Gastrointestinal Diseases (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0600/0644.asp?index=4727

Related Issues

Gas in the Digestive Tract (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gas/index.htm
Smoking and Your Digestive System (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/smoking/index.htm
Ten Questions to Ask Your GI Endoscopist (American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) - http://www.askasge.org/pages/tenquest.cfm
What I Need to Know about Gas (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gas_ez/index.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/spanish/pubs/wintka_gas/index.htm

Genetics

Genes and Disease: The Digestive System (National Center for Biotechnology Information) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid;=gnd.chapter.25

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Digestive Diseases Dictionary (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/dictionary/index.htm

Directories

Directory of Digestive Disease Organizations for Patients (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/resources/patient.htm
Find a Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Doctor (American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) - http://www.askasge.org/pages/find/find.cfm
GI Physician Locator (American College of Gastroenterology) - http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/phylocator.asp

Organizations

American College of Gastroenterology - http://www.acg.gi.org/
American Gastroenterological Association - http://www.gastro.org/
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association (CVSA-USA/Canada) - http://www.cvsaonline.org/
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - http://www.niddk.nih.gov/

Statistics

FASTATS: Digestive Diseases (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/digestiv.htm

Women

What Everyone Should Know about Gastrointestinal Disorders in Women (American College of Gastroenterology) - http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/gihealth/women.asp

Children

Indigestion (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/indigestion.html
Intestinal Malrotation (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/digestive/malrotation.html
Intussusception (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/111.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e111.xml
Intussusception (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/surgical/intussusception.html
Real Deal on the Digestive System (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html
Also available in Spanish - http://kidshealth.org/kid/en_espanol/cuerpo/digest_esp.html
Special Education and Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) (CVSA-USA/Canada) - http://www.cvsaonline.org/sped.htm
What Is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist? (American Academy of Pediatrics) - Links to PDF File - http://www.aap.org/family/WhatisPedGastroDoc.pdf
What's a Fart? (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/fart.html
Why Do I Burp? (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/burp.html

Teenagers

Digestive System (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/digestive_system.html
Also available in Spanish - http://kidshealth.org/teen/en_espanol/cuerpo/digestive_system_esp.html

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Gastroesophageal Reflux/Hiatal Hernia - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/gastroesophagealrefluxhiatalhernia.html
Liver Diseases - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/liverdiseases.html
Peptic Ulcer - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pepticulcer.html
Stomach Disorders - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stomachdisorders.html
Digestive System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/digestivesystem.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Digestive Diseases is the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - http://www.niddk.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 10 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 10 November 2004