Links to Medical Information Web Sites

Information about digestive and liver diseases and gastroenterological procedures

• National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
  http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov
• American Gastroenterological Association
  http://www.gastro.org
• American Liver Foundation
  www.liverfoundation.org
• American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  http://www.askasge.org/
• American College of Gastroenterolgy
  http://www.acg.gi.org/

Disease specific sites

• HEPATITIS B
  http://www.hepb.org
• HEPATITIS C
  The Veteran Administration Site
  http://hepatitis.va.gov (information about hepatitis C, free from commercial bias)
• CROHNS AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS
  Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America
  http://www.ccfa.org/
• PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS
  http://www.pbcers.org/
• CELIAC DISEASE
  Celiac Sprue Association
  http://www.csaceliacs.org

Medical information search links

• UpToDate has patient oriented material on a broad variety of medical topics. http://patients.uptodate.com
• The Center for Disease Control is the Federal Government Agency responsible for protecting the US population from illness.  The CDC website is a good source for information on a variety of health issues free from commercial bias.
  http://www.cdc.gov/