GASTROENTEROLOGY RESOURCES ELSEWHERE
The following is a list (incomplete) of World Wide Web sites with
information on or related to gastroenterology, liver diseases or
nutrition. Our listing of these sites does not imply an endorsement by
Columbia University or Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. We are not
responsible for the accuracy of the information provided on any of these
sites. Sites are listed in alphabetical order by title.
Academic Gastroenterology Divisions, Centers and Units
Organizations and Other Information Sources
- Alcoholics
Anonymous
- A Web page created and maintained by Alcoholics Anonymous World
Services, Inc.
- American Association for the
Study of Liver Diseases
- Home page of the American Association for the Study of Liver
Diseases, an organization of physicians
and biomedical scientists with an interest in liver and its diseases.
- American Cancer Society
- Information on cancer, cancer research and the society's activities.
- American College of
Gastroenterology
- Professional organization founded in 1932 to advance the study and
medical treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
- American Gastroenterological
Association
- A non-profit specialty medical society for physicians, researchers and
educators whose primary practice, research and/or teaching involves the
functions and disorders of the digestive system.
- American Liver Foundation
- Home page of the American Liver Foundation, a voluntary non-profit
health agency dedicated to preventing, treating and curing hepatitis and
all liver diseases through research, education and support groups.
- Baylor College of
Medicne Gastroenterology Grand Rounds
- Cases from the clinical services at The Methodist Hospital, The Ben Taub
General Hospital, or The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, all at the Texas Medical
Center in Houston, TX.
- BioMedNet
- A World Wide Web club for biological and medical researchers.
- Canadian Association of
Gastroenterology
- The official Web site of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology.
- Cancer News of the Net
- A website dedicated to bringing patients and their families the
latest information on cancer diagnosis and treatment.
- Centers for Disease Control
- WWW server of this agency of the U. S. Public Health Service that
provides information on human diseases, their prevention and public health.
- CenterWatch - Clinical
Trials Listings for Gastroenterology
- Clinical trials in gastroenterology listed on the CenterWatch
Clinical Trials Listing Service.
- Chronic
Autoimmune Liver Disease Support Group
- A source of emotional support open to all autoimmune and rare liver
disease sufferers.
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of
American
- Comprehensive information on Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of
Canada
- WWW Home Page of this Canadian Foundation.
- Crohn's
Disease Web Page
- General information on Crohn's disease created and maintained by a
patient with the disorder.
- Digestioninfo.com
- A website maintained by a married couple living in Oregon, who suffer
from
IBS, heartburn and acid reflux, with links to numerous information
sources.
- Directory of
Digestive Disease Organizations for Patients
- Compiled by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health.
- Dr. K's
Gastrointestinal Diseases Web Page
- A site dedicated to providing information to medical professionals
and the lay public regarding diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and
liver.
- Food and Drug Administration
- Information about nutrition and drugs from the FDA.
- Foodborne
Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins
- From the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- Gallbladder
Resource Page
- Easy to understand information for gallstone sufferers from a patient.
- GERD Information Resource Center
- An information resource on gastroesophageal reflux disease maintained
by Astra Merck, Inc.
- GI
Motility Education Centre (GIMEC), Queen's University
- A facility designated as a national centre for continuing
medical education for general physicians and specialists on
GI motility disorders by the Canadian Association of
Gastroenterology.
- Gluten-Free Page
- A WWW site with information on celiac disease and gluten intolerance.
- Helicobacter Foundation
- An international foundation dedicated to providing you with the
latest information about Helicobacter pylori, its diagnosis,
treatment and clinical correlations.
- Helicobacter pylori
Genome Database
- The complete sequence of the H. pylori genome completed by
investigators at The Institute For Genomic Research (TIGR).
- Hemochromatosis Foundation
- A resource that tells how to obtain information about hemochromatosis.
- Hepatitis B Foundation
- A non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating hepatitis B
through public education and cure research programs.
- Hepatitis Foundation International
- An organization established to reduce suffering caused by hepatitis.
- Hepatitis Information
Network
- A site with informatoin on hepatitis with updates on patient care
issues, serology, new clinical papers and news releases, as well as
links to many other excellent hepatitis related sites
- Hepatitis Zone - Health Care
Homepage
- Information on hepatitis from Schering-Plough, Inc.
- IBD and IBS
and UC Page
- Information about inflammatory bowel diseases and the irritable bowel
syndrome from the alt.support.crohns-colitis newsgroup.
- IBS Page
- Links to various resources with information on irritable bowel syndrome.
- Inflammatory Bowel
Disease Pages
- A source of information for patients with Crohn's Disease, ulcerative
colitis and inflammatory bowel diseases.
- International Association of Surgeons and
Gastroenterologists
- A non-profit organization with the intesnt of promoting scientific
knowledge, awareness and expertise in gastrointestinal diseases.
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Self Help
Group
- Home page of a self help support group for irritable bowel syndrome.
- Johns Hopkins University
Division of Infectious Diseases
- Information about Helicobacter pylori infections and other
gastroenterologic disorders caused by infectious diseases such as AIDS
and hepatitis.
- Karolinska
Institute - Digestive System Diseases
- Links to various WWW sites pertaining to Digestive System Diseases.
- Morbidity and
Motality Weekly Report
- Prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
MMWR contains provisional data, based on weekly reports to CDC by state
and local health departments, on disease outbreaks, including infectious
diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver.
- Multimedia Medical Reference Library
- A WWW medical resource that has information on gastroenterology and
other topics.
- National
Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse Database
- Database at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) that provides titles, abstracts,
and availability information on digestive diseases information and health
education materials.
- National Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney Disease
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease of
the National Institutes of Health WWW Server with topics on digestive
diseases.
- National Institutes of Health
- One of the world's foremost biomedical research centers, and the
Federal focal point for biomedical research in the U.S.
- OncoLink
- Information on cancers, including those of the gastrointestinal tract
and liver, from the University of Pennsylvania.
- On-Line
Mendelian Inheritance in Man
- An on-line version of Mendelian Inheritance in Man maintained by the
National Center for Biotechnology Information of the National Library of
Medicine where you can find information on inherited diseases including those
involving the gastrointestinal tract and liver.
- Pacreatica.org
- A site site funded and maintained by the Lorenzen Cancer Foundation
with information on cancer of the pancreas.
- PharmInfoNet's
Digestive Disease Center
- Information on digestive disease research and treatment from the
Pharmaceutical Information Network (PharmInfoNet).
- Shwachman
Syndrome Support Page
- Information about this rare multi-organ syndrome that chiefly
affects the pancreas and a support group for patients, families and
concerned medical professionals.
- The Hepatitis
Place
- Information and articles on hepatitis C virus, medications, studies,
transplantation, risk factors and links to other resources.
- United European Gastroenterology
Federation
- Webstie of a society that combines the various European associations and
societies active in gastroenterology and its allied fields.
- University
of Alberta Electrogastrography
- Information on the methodology and clinical applicability of
electrogastrography from the University of Alberta.
Pathology
- Armed Forces Institute
of Pathology Division of Gastrointestinal Pathology
- A virtual gastrointestinal endoscopic biopsy course and schedules of
various seminars and courses.
- Atlas of Liver Pathology
- By Dr. Frank A. Mitros, Department of Pathology, The University of
Iowa College of Medicine.
- Dr.
Greenson's Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology
- An area of cyberspace dedicated to GI and liver pathology.
- Gastrointestinal
Pathology from WebPath
- Collection of images in gastrointestinal pathology from the internet
pathology lab from the University of Utah.
- Hepatic
Pathology from WebPath
- Collection of images in liver pathology from the internet
pathology lab from the University of Utah.
Radiology
- Gastrointestinal Imaging Cases from Medical i-Way
- A database of cases with images involving the gastrointestinal system.
- Gastrointestinal Radiology - Thomas Jefferson University
- Cases in gastrointestinal radiology for medical students.
- Haskal
Homepage at HUP
- Based at the Department of Radiology at the University of
Pennsylvania, this page has information on interventional radiology and
other things, including gastointestinal and hepatic procedures.
- Nuclear Medicine Case Studies - University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Cases from the "Vitual Hospital" of the Department of Radiology,
University of Iowa College of Medicine.
- Radiology
Cases - Harvard Medical School
- Abdominal imaging cases from the Department of Radiology teaching
files at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital.
- Radiology
Cases - University of Washington
- Abdominal imaging cases from the Department of Radiology teaching
files at the University of Washington.
Endoscopy
- American
Endosonography Committee
- An organization for those interested in endoscopic ultrasound (EUS).
- American Society for Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy
- A organization devoted to enhancing the quality of patient care by
fostering excellence in all aspects of gastrointestinal endoscopy.
- Atlas of
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- An atlas of endoscopic images and other information from Atlanta
South Gastroenterolgy, P. C.
- El Salvador Atlas of
Gastrointestinal Video Endoscopy
- A video atlas of gastrointestinal endoscopy from Dr. Julio Murra-Saca in
El Salvador (music too).
- Endoscopia by
Ignazio Puddu
- An atlas of endoscopic images (text in Italian).
- Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Atlas
- A collection of images in gastrointestinal endoscopy from Liga
Anticancerosa Del Estado Zulia, Maracaibo-Venezuela (text in Spanish).
- Organisation Mondiale d'Endoscopie
Digestive
- Homepage of the World Organization for Digestive Endoscopy, an
international society constituted in 1962.
- Roy's Great Endoscopic
Ultrasound Web Site
- A website devoted to endoscopic ultrasound by Dr. Roy Ligresti.
- University of Michigan Medical Center Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Home Page
- A Web site created to display some of the images from the University
of Michigan Medical Center archives as an introduction to the normal
anatomy of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract.
-
University of Tennessee Digital GI Endoscopy Image Library
- A collection of images captured during routine gastrointestinal
endoscopic
procedures performed in the UT Bowld Hospital Gastrointestinal Diagnostic
Laboratory.
INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC DISEASES
The following list provides links to websites (mostly at the National
Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases) with information on
a few gastrointestinal and liver diseases.
For a more comprehensive resource for information on liver diseases, we
recommend DISEASES OF THE LIVER at Columbia
University.
For a more comprehensive site with information on other digestive
diseases, we recommend the NIDDK DIGESTIVE
DISEASES HEALTH INFORMATION SITE of the National Institute
of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Direct links for information on a few diseases:
- Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity
- Information on celiac sprue and gluten sensitivity from Carol E.
Semard, M. D.
- Colon Cancer
- Information from the National Cancer Institute of the National
Institutes of Health.
- Constipation
- Information about constipation from the WWW
Server of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Disease of the National Institutes of Health.
- Crohn
Disease
- Information about this inflammatory bowel disease from the WWW
Server of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Disease of the National Institutes of Health.
- Gallstones
- Information about gallstones from the WWW
Server of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Disease of the National Institutes of Health.
- Gastroesophageal
Reflux
- Information about gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) from the WWW
Server of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Disease of the National Institutes of Health.
- Hemmorhoids
- Information on this common condition from the WWW
Server of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Disease of the National Institutes of Health.
- Irritable
Bowel Syndrome
- Information from the WWW Server of the National Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health.
- Liver Diseases
- A link to the Diseases of the Liver page on CPMCnet.
- Peptic
Ulcers/Helicobacter Pylori
- Information about stomach and duodenal ulcers and the bacteria that
causes them from the WWW Server of the National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health.
- Ulcerative
Colitis
- Information about constipation from the WWW
Server of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Disease of the National Institutes of Health.
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