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For Adult Patients

Aging Begins at 30: A Once Common Cancer That Is Now Rare
Aging Begins at 30: A Rare Disease (Whipple's) With Lessons To Be Learned
Aging Begins at 30: A Useful Gallbladder May Get Stoned
Aging Begins at 30: Abdominal Emergencies in the Elderly
Aging Begins at 30: Anorectal Incontinence
Aging Begins at 30: Bleeding from the Gut
Aging Begins at 30: Blood Borne Liver Disease: Heapatitis C
Aging Begins at 30: Cruise Ship Diarrhea
Aging Begins at 30: Diarrhea Could Indicate Celiac Sprue Disease
Aging Begins at 30: Diarrhea Due to Very Small Viruses
Aging Begins at 30: Dyspepsia or Difficult Digestion
Aging Begins at 30: Exploring the Liver
Aging Begins at 30: French Livers Tend To Be Hard
Aging Begins at 30: Hepatitis B Vaccination Prevents Disease in the Elderly
Aging Begins at 30: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Aging Begins at 30: Irritable Bowel Syndrome II
Aging Begins at 30: Jaundice Isn't Simple Any More
Aging Begins at 30: LBJ's Operation and Yours
Aging Begins at 30: Looking Inside Your Gut for Cancer. How Often and How Good?
Aging Begins at 30: Piles
Aging Begins at 30: Preventing and Treating Hepatitis
Aging Begins at 30: Regurgitation of Stomach Acid, Common But In A Few Patients Serious
Aging Begins at 30: Vaccine for Hepatitis Badly Needed
Aging Begins at 30: Winter Vomiting Disease, Not the Stomach Flu
Cancer Prevention Tips: Alcohol: Weighing the Benefits and Risks
Cancer Prevention Tips: Colon and Rectal Cancer Prevention
Cancer Prevention Tips: Colorectal Cancer Prevention
Cancer Prevention Tips: Heavy Drinking and Cancer Risks
Cancer Prevention Tips: Helicobacter Pylori
Cancer Prevention Tips: Processed Meat and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer
College Health 101: Blood in Your Toilet Bowl
College Health 101: Dealing With Diverticulitis
College Health 101: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
College Health 101: Spring Break Sickness
College Health 101: Stomach Acid Relief
Colon Cancer Facts
Colorectal Cancer: Information For You
Constipation: A Guide for Patients
Esophageal Surgery: A Guide For Patients and Their Families
Health Prose: Appendicitis: Not as Bad as it Sounds
Health Prose: Common Indigestion: Millions of Americans Suffer from It
Health Prose: Fructose-Reduced Diet Helps People with IBS Syndrome
Health Prose: Gallstones: Common yet Painful
Health Prose: Hernia Problems: How to Avoid the Problem Before It Starts
Health Prose: Irritable Bowel Syndrome: How to Know if You Have It
Health Prose: Lactose Intolerance: No More Moo Juice
Liver Disease: Frequently Asked Questions
Liver Transplantation
Pancreas Transplantation
Preventing Constipation with Diet
Questions on Research on Potential Helminthic Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Understanding IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)

For Adult Providers

Atlas of Liver Pathology: A Multimedia Textbook of Liver Pathology
Atlas of Liver Pathology: A Multimedia Textbook of Liver Pathology: Biliary Tree Disease
Atlas of Liver Pathology: A Multimedia Textbook of Liver Pathology: Tumors of Liver
Bedside Logic in Diagnostic Gastroenterology
Bedside Logic in Diagnostic Gastroenterology: Blood in the Stool
Bedside Logic in Diagnostic Gastroenterology: Constipation
Bedside Logic in Diagnostic Gastroenterology: Diarrhea
Bedside Logic in Diagnostic Gastroenterology: Gas and Bloating
Bedside Logic in Diagnostic Gastroenterology: Jaundice
Bedside Logic in Diagnostic Gastroenterology: Trouble with Swallowing, and Heartburn
Case-Based Learning in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Case-Based Learning in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Colorectal Disorders
Case-Based Learning in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Esophageal Disorders
Case-Based Learning in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Gastric Disorders
Case-Based Learning in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Pancreatic Disorders
Current Dilemma in Hepatology: To Treat or Not to Treat All Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Electric GINucs: Nuclear Medicine Imaging of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Electric GINucs: Nuclear Medicine Imaging of the Gastrointestinal Tract: GI Bleeding
Electric GINucs: Nuclear Medicine Imaging of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy
Esophageal Carcinoma
Esophageal Function: A Primer for Clinicians
Gastroesophageal Reflux
Gastrogram: A Joint Publication of the Department of Pharmaceutical Care and the Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology
GI Endoscopy Atlas
Intestinal Motility: Evaluation and Treatment of Constipation
Management of Celiac Disease
Radiology On Call: Acute Appendicitis
Radiology On Call: Acute Pancreatitis
Radiology Resident's Case of the Week: Dysphagia Lusoria
Radiology Resident's Case of the Week: Early Gastric Carcinoma
Radiology Resident's Case of the Week: Emphysematous Cholecystitis
Radiology Resident's Case of the Week: Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Lower)
Radiology Resident's Case of the Week: Peptic Ulcer Disease
The Lifesaving Role of Colorectal Cancer Screening
The Motility of the Gastrointestinal Tract
The Pathogenesis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Implications for Management
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Lactose Intolerance
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Acute Diarrhea
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Acute Pancreatitis
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Alcoholic Liver Disease, Liver Failure, and Chronic Liver Disease
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Anorectal Diseases
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Appendicitis
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Celiac Sprue (Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy)
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Chronic Diarrhea
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Clostridium Difficile Infection
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Differential Diagnosis of Elevated Liver Enzymes
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Diverticular Disease
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Dyspepsia (see Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Esophageal Diseases
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Gallbladder Disease
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Gastrointestinal Bleeding
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Hepatic Encephalopathy
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Peptic Ulcer Disease
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Traveler's Diarrhea
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Viral Hepatitis

For Pediatric Patients

Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome: A Guide for Patients and Their Families
Cowden Syndrome: A Guide for Patients and Their Families
Juvenile Polyposis: A Guide for Patients and Their Families
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Appendicitis
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Child Constipation
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Chronic Diarrhea (Chronic Gastroenteritis)
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Constipation
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Heartburn (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease/GERD)
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Hernias
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Jaundice
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Peptic and Duodenum Ulcers
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Rotavirus
Pediatrics Common Questions, Quick Answers: Vomiting and Diarrhea (Diarrhea and Acute Gastroenteritis)

For Pediatric Providers

Diarrhea in Childhood
Paediapaedia: An Imaging Encyclopedia of Pediatric Disease: Gastrointestinal Diseases
Paediapaedia: Anorectal Malformation
Paediapaedia: Appendicitis, Acute
Paediapaedia: Biliary Atresia and Neonatal Hepatitis
Paediapaedia: Choledochal Cyst
Paediapaedia: Crohn Disease
Paediapaedia: Familial Polyposis
Paediapaedia: Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux (HH / GER)
Paediapaedia: Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) Due to Inguinal Hernia
Paediapaedia: Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
Pediatric Endoscopic Photos
Pediatric Radiology Teaching Files: Acute Appendicitis - 1
Pediatric Radiology Teaching Files: Acute Appendicitis - 2
Radiology Resident's Case of the Week: Hereditary Pancreatitis
The Vomiting Infant: Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease
The Vomiting Infant: Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease: Gastroesophageal Reflux
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Constipation And Encopresis
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: GI Bleeding In Childhood
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Neonatal Gastrointestinal Disorders
University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Vomiting, Diarrhea, And Dehydration

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