National Digestive Diseases
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A-Z List of Topics and Titles

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Abdominal Adhesions
• Acid Indigestion (See Heartburn, Gastroesophageal Reflux [GER], and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease [GERD])
• Acid Reflux (See Heartburn, Gastroesophageal Reflux [GER], and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease [GERD])
• Acid Regurgitation (See Heartburn, Gastroesophageal Reflux [GER], and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease [GERD])
• Action Plan for Liver Disease Research (for health care professionals)
• Adhesions (See Abdominal Adhesions)
• Alagille Syndrome
• Anal Fissure (See Hemorrhoids)
• Anatomic Problems of the Lower GI Tract
• Antacids (See Heartburn, Gastroesophageal Reflux [GER], and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease [GERD])
• Anus and Rectum
• Appendicitis
• Appendix (See Appendicitis)
• Asian Americans (See Hepatitis B: What Asian and Pacific Islander Americans Need to Know)
• Autoimmune Hepatitis

B

• Barium Enema (See Lower GI Series)
• Barium Swallow (See Lower GI Series)
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Basics, Digestive System
• Bile Ducts (See Your Digestive System and How It Works)
• Biliary Atresia
• Biopsy, Liver
• Bleeding in the Digestive Tract
• Bloating (See Gas in the Digestive Tract)
• Bowel and Intestines
• Bowel Control (Fecal Incontinence)
• Bowel Diversion Surgeries: Ileostomy, Colostomy, Ileoanal Reservoir, and Continent Ileostomy
• Bowel Obstruction
• Bristol Stool Form Scale
• The Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States (PDF, 4.8 MB) (for health care professionals)

C

• Celiac Disease
• Celiac Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• Celiac Disease News (periodic e-newsletter for health care professionals)
• Celiac Sprue (See Celiac Disease)
• Children and Digestive Problems
• Cirrhosis
• Cirrhosis of the Liver (Easy-to-Read)
• Cirrhosis, Primary Biliary
• Colitis (See Ulcerative Colitis)
• Collagenous Colitis
• Colonic Atresia (See Anatomic Problems of the Lower GI Tract)
• Colonoscopy
• Colon Polyps (Easy-to-Read)
• Colostomy
• Constipation Problems
• Constipation (Easy-to-Read)
• Constipation
• Constipation in Children
• Continent Ileostomy
• Copper Storage Disease (See Wilson Disease)
• Crohn's Disease
• Crohn's Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)

D

• Dehydration (See What I need to know about Diarrhea)
• Delayed Gastric Emptying (See Gastroparesis)
• Dermatitis Herpetiformis (DH): Skin Manifestation of Celiac Disease (for health care professionals)
• DH (See Dermatitis Herpetiformis (DH): Skin Manifestation of Celiac Disease) (for health care professionals)
• Diagnostic Tests for Digestive Diseases
• Diarrhea
• Diarrhea (Easy-to-Read)
• Dietary Fiber and Digestive Diseases
• Digestion
• The Digestive Diseases Dictionary
• Digestive Diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact (for health care professionals)
• Digestive Research and News (e-news for health care professionals)
• Digestive Diseases Research Materials (for health care professionals)
• Digestive Diseases Statistics for the United States
• Directory of Digestive Diseases Organizations
• Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
• Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis (Easy-to-Read)
• Drug Information (from MedlinePlus)
• Dumping Syndrome (See Rapid Gastric Emptying)
• Duodenal Ulcers
• Dysentery (See Diarrhea)
• Dyspepsia (See Indigestion)

E

• Easy-to-Read Publications
• Eating and Digestive Diseases
• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
• Esophageal Cancer (See Barrett’s Esophagus)
• Endoscopy
• Enterocele (See Hernia)
• ERCP
• Esophagus

F

• Fecal Incontinence
• Feeding Tube (See Gastroparesis)
• Fiber
• Fistula
• Flatulence
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
• Foodborne Illnesses
• Food Poisoning

G

• Gallbladder
• Gallstones
• Gas (Easy-to-Read)
• Gas, Heartburn, and Indigestion
• Gas in the Digestive Tract
• Gastrin (See Your Digestive System and How It Works)
• Gastritis
• Gastroenteritis
• Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER)
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children and Adolescents
• Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding
• Gastroparesis
• GER
• GERD
• Gluten-free Diet (See Celiac Disease)
• Gluten Intolerance (See Celiac Disease)
• Gluten-sensitive Enteropathy (See Celiac Disease)

H

• HAV (See Hepatitis A) (Easy-to-Read)
• HBV (See Hepatitis B) (Easy-to-Read)
• HCV (See Hepatitis C) (Easy-to-Read)
• Heartburn
• Heartburn, Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER), and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Hemochromatosis
• Hemorrhoids
• Hepatitis A (Easy-to-Read)
• Hepatitis B (Easy-to-Read)
• Hepatitis B (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow: NIH Research Timelines) (from the National Institutes of Health) (PDF, 176 KB) *
• Hepatitis C (Easy-to-Read)
• Hepatitis
• Hepatolenticular Degeneration (See Wilson Disease)
• Hernia
• Hiatal Hernia
• Hirschsprung Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• H. pylori and Peptic Ulcers

I

• IBD (See Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
• IBS (See Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
• Ileoanal Reservoir
• Ileostomy
• Imaging Studies (See Diagnostic Tests)
• Imperforate Anus (See Anatomic Problems of the Lower GI Tract)
• Incontinence, Fecal
• Indigestion
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
• Inguinal Hernia
• Intestinal Adhesions (See Abdominal Adhesions)
• Intestinal Gas (See Gas in the Digestive Tract)
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction
• Intussusception (See Anatomic Problems of the Lower GI Tract)
• Iron Overload Disease (See Hemochromatosis)
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) (Easy-to-Read)
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Children

J

• Jaundice (See Liver)

K

• Kasai Procedure (See Biliary Atresia)

L

• Laboratory Tests (See Diagnostic Tests for Digestive Diseases)
• Lactose Intolerance
• Laxatives (See Constipation)
• Liver
• Liver Biopsy
• Liver Cirrhosis
• Liver Disease Research, Action Plan (for health care professionals)
• Liver Transplantation
• Liver Transplantation (Easy-to-Read)
• Lower GI Series
• Low-literacy Digestive Diseases Publications
• Lymphocytic Colitis

M

• Mallory-Weiss Syndrome (See Bleeding in the Digestive Tract)
• Malrotation (See Anatomic Problems of the Lower GI Tract)
• Medications (from MedlinePlus)
• Ménétrier Disease
• Microscopic Colitis: Collagenous Colitis and Lymphocytic Colitis
• Milk Intolerance (See Lactose Intolerance)
• Milk, Problems Digesting

N

• NASH
• Newsletter, Celiac Research and News (e-news for health care professionals)
• Newsletter, Digestive Research and News (e-news for health care professionals)
• NIH Consensus Development Conference: Management of Hepatitis B (for health care professionals)
• NIH Consensus Development Conference on Celiac Disease (for health care professionals)
• NIH Consensus Development Conference on Lactose Intolerance (for health care professionals)
• Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
• Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (See NSAIDs and Peptic Ulcers)
• Nontropical Sprue (See Celiac Disease)
• NSAIDs and Peptic Ulcers

O

• Opportunities and Challenges in Digestive Diseases Research: Recommendations of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases (PDF, 2,963 KB) * (for health care professionals)
• Organizations, Directory of Digestive Diseases
• Ostomy

P

• Pacific Islander Americans (See Hepatitis B: What Asian and Pacific Islander Americans Need to Know)
• Pancreas
• Pancreatic Ducts (See Pancreatitis)
• Pancreatitis
• PBC (See Primary Biliary Cirrhosis)
• Peptic Ulcers
• Peptic Ulcers (Easy-to-Read)
• Piles (See Hemorrhoids)
• Polyps (Easy-to-Read)
• Porphyria
• Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
• Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
• Proctitis
• PSC (See Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis)
• Pseudo-obstruction
• Pyrosis (See Heartburn)

R

• Rapid Gastric Emptying
• Regional Enteritis (See Crohn’s Disease)
• Regional Ileitis (See Crohn’s Disease)
• Research in Digestive Diseases (for health care professionals)

S

• Salivary Glands (See Your Digestive System and How It Works)
• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Sigmoidoscopy
• Smoking and Your Digestive System
• Spanish, Digestive Diseases Publications
• Statistics, Digestive Diseases
• Stoma
• Stomach
• Stomach Flu (See Viral Gastroenteritis)
• Stomach Infection (See Foodborne Illnesses)
• Stomach Ulcers
• Stool Diary (PDF, 148 KB) *
• Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization (PDF, 87 KB) * (from the Immunization Action Coalition)

T

• Testing for Celiac Disease (for health care professionals)
• Tests for Digestive Diseases
• Transplantation (Easy-to-Read)
• Traveler’s Diarrhea (See Diarrhea)

U

• Ulcerative Colitis
• Ulcers
• Upper GI Endoscopy
• Upper GI Series
• Upset Stomach (See Indigestion)

V

• Vaccinations for Hepatitis A and B (See Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization) (PDF, 87 KB) * (from the Immunization Action Coalition)
• Viral Gastroenteritis
• Viral Hepatitis: A through E and Beyond
• Virtual Colonoscopy
• Volvulus (See Anatomic Problems of the Lower GI Tract)

W

• What I need to know about Bowel Control (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Celiac Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Cirrhosis (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Colon Polyps (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Constipation (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Crohn's Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Diarrhea (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Diverticular Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Gas (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Hepatitis A (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Hepatitis B (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Hepatitis C (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Hirschsprung Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Lactose Intolerance (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Liver Transplantation (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Peptic Ulcers (Easy-to-Read)
• Whipple's Disease
• Wilson Disease

X

• X-ray Tests (See Diagnostic Tests for Digestive Diseases)

Y

• Your Digestive System and How It Works

Z

• Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

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