Diets, Conditions & Procedures
Inflammatory Bowel Disease »
Understanding IBD. What is inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? The term inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a category of gastrointestinal illnesses…
Hemorrhoids »
Hemorrhoids, or piles, are one of mankind’s most common and nagging disorders. By themselves, hemorrhoids are rarely serious, but they…
Ulcerative Colitis »
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, recurring disease of the large bowel. The large bowel (colon) is the 5-to-6-foot segment of…
Rectal Bleeding »
Rectal bleeding is a sign that something is wrong. It is usually something minor that can be easily diagnosed, but…
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Primary Biliary Cholangitis »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Prevention of Colon Polyps and Cancer »
The colon is the large intestine. It begins where the small intestine ends, near the appendix inside the right lower…
Peptic Ulcer Disease »
Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a common ailment, affecting many people. The causes of PUD have gradually become clear. With this…
Pancreas Disease »
The pancreas is called the “hidden organ” because it is located deep in the abdomen behind the stomach. About six…
Ostomy, Colostomy, Ileostomy »
These three words and the images they convey produce dread in many people who may know very little about them. An…
Lactose Intolerance »
Lactose intolerance develops when the body has difficulty digesting whole and skim milk and other dairy products. Lactose is a…
Irritable Bowel Syndrome »
Medically, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is known by a variety of other terms: spastic colon, spastic colitis, mucous colitis and…
Hiatus Hernia »
The hiatus hernia is one of the more misunderstood and maligned conditions in medicine. People blame this hernia for much…
Hepatitis C »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Hepatitis B »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Hepatitis »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It sits in the right-upper abdomen just under the right lung…
Hemochromatosis »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Helicobacter Pylori »
This unusual name identifies a specific bacterium that can cause infection of the stomach. This infection can contribute to the…
Heartburn and Reflux »
Everyone has heartburn occasionally. This occurs when stomach acid flows upward (regurgitates) into the esophagus. The esophagus is the tube…
Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease »
Almost everyone has experienced heartburn. About 25 million American adults suffer daily from (esophageal reflux, sometimes referred to as gastroesophageal…
Gastroparesis »
This tough looking word, pronounced gas-tro-par-EES-is, is simple enough in its meaning. Gastro means stomach. Paresis means weakness. Gastroparesis is…
Gastritis »
The stomach, as everyone knows from watching TV ads, is J-shaped and collects swallowed food and liquid. It then methodically…
Gas »
Everyone comments sometimes on the digestive problem of gas. When people complain of gas, they usually mean one or more…
Gallstones »
To understand the nature of gallstones, it is helpful to first look at the anatomy of the gallbladder and bile…
Fatty Liver »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Esophagitis and Stricture »
The esophagus is the food tube, or gullet, that carries food and liquid from the mouth to the stomach. The…
Eosinophilic Esophagitis »
Eosinophilic Esophagitis is a mouthful of a word. It is a condition that we are seeing more and more frequently….
Diverticulosis & Diverticulitis »
To understand diverticulosis, it is helpful to know about the anatomy and function of the intestine. The small intestine is…
Diarrhea »
Everyone has diarrhea at one time or another and everyone has their own idea of exactly what diarrhea is. Is…
Crohn’s Disease »
Crohn’s disease is a chronic, recurrent inflammatory disease of the intestinal tract. The intestinal tract has four major parts: the…
Constipation »
Constipation can be defined as infrequent or hard pellet stools, or difficulty in evacuating stool. Passing one or more soft,…
Colon Polyps and Cancer »
Cancer of the colon is a major health problem in the United States. It ranks as a leading form of…
Cirrhosis »
The liver is a large organ that sits in the right upper abdomen, just under the right lung. It is…
Celiac Disease »
Celiac Disease (CD) is a disease of the lining of the small intestine. This part of the bowel lies between…
Barrett’s Esophagus »
Heartburn is a burning sensation felt behind the breastbone and sometimes in the neck and throat. It is caused by…
Autoimmune Hepatitis »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Anal Fissure, Abscess and Fistula »
The intestinal tract (or bowel) ends with the rectum. The last part of the rectum is a section about 1…
Osteoporosis »
Calcium is essential to the body. It is the most common mineral in the body and is needed in tiny…