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Digestive Diseases
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- Overviews
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention/Screening
- Pictures/Diagrams
- Nutrition
- Specific Conditions
- Related Issues
- Newsletters/Print Publications
- Clinical Trials
- Genetics
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Directories
- Organizations
- Statistics
- Children
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- Women
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Facts and Fallacies about Digestive Diseases (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Your Digestive System and How It Works (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Also available in: Spanish
Overviews
- Overviews
- Gastrointestinal Functional and Motility Disorders (International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders)
- Overview of Gastrointestinal Disorders (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Abdominal Pain, Long-Term (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Abdominal Pain, Short-Term (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Incredible Journey through the Digestive System (Food and Drug Administration)
- JAMA Patient Page: Laparoscopy (American Medical Association)
- Laparoscopy
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Lower GI Series (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Stool Color: When to Worry (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Stool Tests (Nemours Foundation)
- Swallowing Test (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - Upper Endoscopy (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Upper GI Series (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- What You Need to Know about the Esophageal Manometry Test (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Treatment
- Treatment
- What You Need to Know about the Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- Digestive Health Tips (American College of Gastroenterology)
- Healthy Digestion: Keeping on Track (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Pictures/Diagrams
- Pictures/Diagrams
- Atlas of the Body: The Digestive System (American Medical Association)
Nutrition
- Nutrition
- Digestive Diseases and Nutrition: Questions and Answers (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Vitamins and Minerals in the Prevention and Management of Gastrointestinal Diseases (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Abdominal Adhesions (Harvard Medical School, InteliHealth)
- Blind Loop Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Indigestion (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Intestinal Adhesions (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Intestinal Obstruction (Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Short Bowel Syndrome (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Whipple's Disease (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Gas in the Digestive Tract (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Smoking and Your Digestive System (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Ten Questions to Ask Your GI Endoscopist (American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)
- What I Need to Know about Gas
(National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Also available in: Spanish
Newsletters/Print Publications
- Newsletters/Print Publications
- Digestive Diseases Materials (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Digestive System Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Dyspepsia (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Gastrointestinal Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Intestinal Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
Genetics
- Genetics
- Genes and Disease: The Digestive System (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Digestive System (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Digestive Diseases Dictionary (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Directories
- Directories
- Directory of Digestive Disease Organizations for Patients (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Find a Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Doctor (American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)
- GI Physician Locator (American College of Gastroenterology)
Organizations
- 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
Children
- Children
- Indigestion (Nemours Foundation)
- Intestinal Malrotation (Nemours Foundation)
- Intussusception (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - Intussusception (Nemours Foundation)
- Real Deal on the Digestive System (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - What Is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist? (American Academy of Pediatrics) - Links to PDF
- What's a Fart? (Nemours Foundation)
- Why Do I Burp? (Nemours Foundation)
Women
- Women
- What Everyone Should Know about Gastrointestinal Disorders in Women (American College of Gastroenterology)