Health and Medical Guide to Digestive System Digestive Diseases Health information topics about Digestive Diseases: Anatomy/Physiology 1. Digestive System Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/digestive.html 2. Atlas of the Body: The Digestive System American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ7C4T46JC&sub_... Children 1. Real Deal on the Digestive System Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html 2. Intussusception Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/surgical/intussusception.html 3. Indigestion Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/indigestion.html 4. Intussusception American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/111.xml 5. Intestinal Malrotation Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/digestive/malrotation.html 6. What's a Fart? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/fart.html 7. Why Do I Burp? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/burp.html 8. What Is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist? American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/family/WhatisPedGastroDoc.pdf Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Digestive System Diseases National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D004066&recruiting... 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Dyspepsia National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D004415&recruiting... 3. ClinicalTrials.gov: Intestinal Diseases National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D007410&recruiting... 4. ClinicalTrials.gov: Gastrointestinal Diseases National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D005767&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Upper GI Series National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/uppergi/index.htm 2. What You Need to Know about the Esophageal Manomet Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0300/0340.asp?index=... 3. Incredible Journey through the Digestive System Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2005/205_pillcam.html 4. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/sigmoidoscopy/ 5. ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatograp National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ercp/ 6. Lower GI Series National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/lowergi/ 7. Stool Color: When to Worry Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00772 8. Abdominal Pain, Short-Term American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/527.xml 9. Abdominal Pain, Long-Term American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/528.xml 10. Stool Tests Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest8.html 11. Swallowing Test National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/procdiag/swallowing.pdf 12. Upper Endoscopy National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/upperendoscopy/ Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Digestive Diseases Dictionary National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/dictionary/ Directories 1. Directory of Digestive Disease Organizations for P National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/resources/patient.htm 2. Find a Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Doctor American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/find/find.cfm 3. GI Physician Locator American College of Gastroenterology http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/phylocator.asp Genetics 1. 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... National Institutes of Health 1. Your Digestive System and How It Works National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/index.htm 2. Facts and Fallacies about Digestive Diseases National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/facts/index.htm Nutrition 1. Vitamins and Minerals in the Prevention and Manage Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0600/0644.asp?index=... 2. Digestive Diseases and Nutrition: Questions and An Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2200/2217.asp?index=... Organizations 1. American College of Gastroenterology http://www.acg.gi.org/ 2. Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association http://www.cvsaonline.org/ 3. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearingho http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ 4. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ 5. American Gastroenterological Association http://www.gastro.org/ Overviews 1. Overview of Gastrointestinal Disorders Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1700/1700.asp?index=... 2. Gastrointestinal Functional and Motility Disorders International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders http://www.iffgd.org/GIDisorders/GImain.html Prevention/Screening 1. Healthy Digestion: Keeping on Track Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DG00012 2. Digestive Health Tips American College of Gastroenterology http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/healthtips.asp Related Issues 1. Smoking and Your Digestive System National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/smoking/index.htm 2. Ten Questions to Ask Your GI Endoscopist American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/tenquest.cfm 3. What I Need to Know about Gas National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gas_ez/index.htm 4. Gas in the Digestive Tract National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gas/index.htm Specific Conditions 1. Abdominal Adhesions Harvard Medical School, InteliHealth http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/9394.html 2. Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/cvs/index.htm 3. Indigestion National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/indigestion/index.htm 4. Intestinal Adhesions National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/intestinaladhesions/index.htm... 5. Intestinal Obstruction Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec09/ch132/ch132d.html 6. Short Bowel Syndrome National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/shortbowel/index.htm 7. Whipple's Disease National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/whipple/index.htm 8. Blind Loop Syndrome Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00735 Statistics 1. FASTATS: Digestive Diseases National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/digestiv.htm Teenagers 1. Digestive System Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/digestive_system.html Treatment 1. JAMA Patient Page: Laparoscopy American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZIJLGD8WC&sub_... 2. What You Need to Know about the Transjugular Intra Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0237.asp?index=... Women 1. What Everyone Should Know about Gastrointestinal D American College of Gastroenterology http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/gihealth/women.asp   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! News: Medications/Drugs News Medications/Drugs News FDA considering changes to risky drug safeguards (Reuters) Reuters - Safeguards to protect patients from risky drugs should have less paperwork and more consistency, drugmakers and pharmacy representatives said this week during a U.S. Food and Drug Administration meeting. 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