Resources

Basic Information: Gastroenterology and Hepatology

How your digestive system work (NIH)
Facts and fallacies about digestive diseases (NIH)

Dictionaries and Glossaries

List and Glossary of medical terms: English

Cancer Prevention

Assess your risk of cancer

Foundations, Institutions, Societies, and Associations

The Alagille Syndrome Alliance
Alpha-1 Association (Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency)
Association for the Study of Liver Disease
Amer. College of Gastroenterology
Amer. Liver Foundation
Amer. Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Can. Association For The Study of The Liver
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Celiac Sprue Association
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada
The Helicobacter Foundation
Hepatitis B Foundation
Hepatitis C Society of Canada
Hepatitis Foundation International
Iron Disorders Institute
Incontinet (Resource on Incontinence and Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction)
International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IBS)
The Pull Through Network
Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc.
Wilson's Disease Association

General Gastroenterology References

National Institute on Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseaseses
Yahoo Gastroenterology Sites

General Medical References

Health Link USA (Alphabetical Database of Health Information)
Healthfinder (US Dept Health and Human Services)

Advanced References

Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Gastrointestinal Pathology Link
Gastroenterology Journals on the Web
Johns Hopkins Gastroenterology and Hepatology Resource Site

Diagnoses

ALAGILLE SYNDROME (ASA)
ALCOHOL AND THE LIVER (ALF)
ALPHA-1 -ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY (ALF)
APPENDICITIS (NIH)
AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS (ALF)
BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS (NIH)
BILIARY ATRESIA (ALF)
BLEEDING FROM THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT (NIH)
BLOOD TRANSFUSION SAFETY PRIOR TO 1992
CANCER OF THE LIVER (ALF)
CELIAC AND GLUTEN FREE DIET SUPPORT PAGE
THE GLUTEN FREE PAGE
THE GLUTEN FREE RECIPE PAGE
THE GLUTEN FREE VENDOR PAGE
CELIAC DISEASE (NIH)
CHEMICAL AND DRUG INDUCED LIVER INJURY (ALF)
CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS (ALF)
CIRRHOSIS (ALF)
CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER (NIH)
CONSTIPATION (NIH)
CONSTIPATION: WHY AM I CONSTIPATED? (NIH)
CONSTIPATION IN CHILDREN (NIH)
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: COLON AND RECTUM CANCER RESOURCE CENTER
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE CANCER NET: CANCER OF THE COLON AND RECTUM
MEDICINE ONLINE: COLON CANCER INFORMATION CENTER
MSNBC: KATIE COURIC REPORTS: CONFRONTING COLON CANCER
COLON CANCER SCREENING GUIDELINES: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
COLON CANCER SCREENING GUIDELINES FOR AVERAGE RISK
COLON CANCER SCREENING GUIDELINES FOR INCREASED/HIGH RISK
CROHN'S DISEASE (NIH)
CROHN'S DISEASE: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (CCFA)
CYCLIC VOMITING SYNDROME (NIH)
CYSTIC DISEASE OF THE LIVER (ALF)
DIABETES AND GASTROPARESIS (NIH)
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS (NIH)
DIARRHEA (NIH)
DIET AND YOUR LIVER (ALF)
DIVERTICULOSIS AND DIVERTICULITIS (NIH)
FATTY LIVER (ALF)
GALACTOSEMIA (ALF)
GALLSTONES (NIH)
GALLSTONES (ALF)
GAS IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT (NIH)
GAS: WHY DO I HAVE GAS? (NIH)
GASTRITIS (NIH)
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (NIH)
INTRODUCTION TO GERD
GERD FAQs
GILBERT'S SYNDROME (ALF)
GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE (ALF)
HELICOBACTER PYLORI AND PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE (NIH)
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS ON THE GI TRACT (NIH)
HEARTBURN (NIH)
HEMOCHROMATOSIS (NIH)
HEMOCHROMATOSIS (ALF)
HEMORRHOIDS (NIH)
HEPATITIS HOME PAGE: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
HEPATITIS B (ALF)
HEPATITIS C (ALF)
HEPATITIS C AND DIET (ALF)
HEPATITIS C AND HIV (ALF)
HEPATITIS C TREATMENT (ALF)
INTERFERON FOR HEPATITIS B AND C (ALF)
HEPATITIS C: NEWER TREATMENTS (ALF)
HEPATITIS C: SIDE EFFECTS OF TREATMENT (ALF)
HEPATITIS C: COPING AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THERAPY (ALF)
HEPATITIS C: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT (ALF)
HEPATITIS PUBLICATIONS (NIH)
WHAT IS YOUR RISK OF GETTING AIDS OR HEPATITIS B ON THE JOB? (ALF)
HIATAL HERNIA (NIH)
HIRSCHSPRUNG'S DISEASE (NIH)
IlEOSTOMY, COLOSTOMY AND IlEOANAL RESERVOIR SURGERY (NIH)
INDIGESTION (NIH)
INGUINAL HERNIA (NIH)
INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION (NIH)
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (NIH)
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYDROME IN CHILDREN (NIH)
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME SELF HELP GROUP
THE IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME PAGE
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME FAQS
Lactose Intolerance (NIH)
Lactose Intolerance: Why does milk bother me? (NIH)
THE NO MILK PAGE (LACTOSE INTOLERANCE)
LIVER BIOPSY (NIH)
LIVER BIOPSY (ALF)
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (NIH)
FACTS AND FAQS ABOUT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (ALF)
MENETRIER'S DISEASE (NIH)
NEONATAL HEPATITIS (ALF)
NSAIDS AND PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE (NIH)
PANCREATITIS (NIH)
PORPHYRIA (NIH)
PORPHYRIA (ALF)
PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS (NIH)
PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS (ALF)
PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS (NIH)
PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS (ALF)
PROCTITIS (NIH)
RAPID GASTRIC EMPTYING (NIH)
REYE'S SYNDROME (ALF)
SARCOIDOSIS (ALF)
SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME (NIH)
SHUNT SURGERY (ALF)
SMOKING AND THE GI TRACT (NIH)
TYROSINEMIA (ALF)
ULCERATIVE COLITIS (NIH)
ULCERATIVE COLITIS: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (CCFA)
ULCERATIVE COLITIS: LIVING BETTER
VIRAL HEPATITIS A TO E AND BEYOND (NIH)
WEIGHT LOSS AND WEIGHT CONTROL (NIH)
WHIPPLE'S DISEASE (NIH)
WILSON'S DISEASE (NIH)
WILSON'S DISEASE (ALF)
ZOLLINGER ELLISON SYNDROME (NIH)