Health and Medical Guide to Digestive System Colonic Diseases Health information topics about Colonic Diseases: Alternative Therapy 1. Colon Cleansing: Is It Good for You? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00065 Anatomy/Physiology 1. Your Digestive System and How It Works National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/index.htm Children 1. What I Need to Know about Hirschsprung's Dise National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hirschsprungs_ez/index.htm Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Colonic Diseases National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D003108&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Barium Enema: Viewing the Colon for Abnormalities Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00003 2. Colonoscopy National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/colonoscopy/ 3. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Screening for Colon and Re Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00004 4. Virtual Colonoscopy National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/virtualcolonoscopy/index.htm Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Colorectal Cancer Glossary of Terms Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/screenforlife/terms.htm 2. Digestive Diseases Dictionary National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/dictionary/ Directories 1. Locate a Colorectal Surgeon American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons http://ascrs.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=104 National Institutes of Health 1. Facts and Fallacies about Digestive Diseases National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/facts/index.htm Organizations 1. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ 2. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearingho http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ 3. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons http://ascrs.affiniscape.com/ 4. American Gastroenterological Association http://www.gastro.org/ Prevention/Screening 1. Digestive Health Tips American College of Gastroenterology http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/healthtips.asp Related Issues 1. Ten Questions to Ask Your GI Endoscopist American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/tenquest.cfm Specific Conditions 1. Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/intestinalpo/index.htm 2. Ischemic Colitis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00757 3. Collagenous Colitis and Lymphocytic Colitis National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/collagenouscolitis/index.htm 4. Gas in the Digestive Tract National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gas/index.htm 5. Redundant Colon Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00239 6. Intestinal Ischemia Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00459 Treatment 1. Ileostomy, Colostomy and Ileoanal Reservoir Surger National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ileostomy/index.htm 2. 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