Download A “Handout on Health” by the Dana Medical Library June 3, 2014

A “Handout on Health”
Prepared for Community Medical School
by the Dana Medical Library
Digestive Detail: The Role of the Gut
Microbiota in Health and Disease
June 3, 2014
Websites:
Digestive System
Nemours Foundation, 1995-2014
http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/digestive.html
The Digestive System and How It Works
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2013
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/
The Digestive System: the inside story
Johns Hopkins Medicine, [2014]
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gastroenterology_hepatology/_flash/swfs/digestive_system.html
Effects of Aging on the Digestive System
Merck & Co, Inc, 2006
http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/digestive_disorders/biology_of_the_digestive_system/effects_o
f_aging_on_the_digestive_system.html
Gut Bacteria May Play Role in Crohn’s Disease
HealthDay, March 12, 2014
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_145067.html
Gut Bacteria Tied To Obesity May Vary with Geography
HealthDay, Feb 20, 2014
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_144729.html
Gut Microbes Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis
National Institutes of Health, 2013
http://www.nih.gov/researchmatters/november2013/11252013arthritis.htm
Long-Term Diet Linked to Microbe Type in the Gut
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2012
http://www.digestive.niddk.nih.gov/about/DDnews/spr12/4.aspx
Problems of the Digestive System
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2014
www.acog.org/~/media/For Patients/faq120.pdf
Regions of the Digestive System
National Cancer Institute, [2014]
http://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/digestive/
Smoking and Your Digestive System
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2013
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/smoking/