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Abdominal Pain (Medline Plus) - Carefully selected links to Web resources and the latest, authoritative health information. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/abdominalpain.html
Alcohol and the Liver (Alcohol Alert) - Fact sheet about Alcohol-induced liver disease (ALD) - a major cause of illness and death in the United States. (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa19.htm
Colorectal Cancer Screening: Questions and Answers - This fact sheet discusses the advantages and disadvantages of several colorectal cancer screening tests. (National Cancer Institute)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/colorectal-screening
Digestive Diseases Dictionary - This dictionary defines words that are often used when talking or writing about digestive diseases. (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/dictionary/
Digestive System (MEDLINE plus) - Carefully selected links to Web resources and the latest, authoritative health information related to the digestive system. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/digestivesystem.html
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Medline Plus) - Carefully selected links to Web resources and the latest, authoritative health information related to safety. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/gerd.html
Gastrointestinal Cancer Models - Provides background information on colorectal cancer and a general overview of current methods for diagnosis and treatment, molecular alterations occurring in colorectal cancer, and existing murine models of intestinal neoplasia. (National Cancer Institute)
http://emice.nci.nih.gov/mouse_models/organ_models/gastro_models
Genes and Disease - Digestive Diseases - (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=gnd.chapter.25
Heartburn (Medline Plus) - Carefully selected links to Web resources and the latest, authoritative health information related to safety. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartburn.html
Kava Linked to Liver Damage - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers of the potential risk of severe liver injury from the use of dietary supplements containing kava (also known as kava kava or Piper methysticum). (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/kava/index.htm

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