Tools and resources to help you understand and manage a range of digestive disorders. Food can’t cause an ulcer. But if you already have one, what you eat and drink could either make it more ...

The digestive system plays an essential role in human health by managing nutrient intake, energy absorption, and waste excretion. Disorders within this system can lead to malnutrition and energy ...

What are the hidden symptoms of celiac disease? Celiac disease causes lots of symptoms you'd expect in your digestive system. But it also can cause a lot of other, less obvious symptoms in other ...

E. US Department of Health and Human Services NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [online], [2009]) provides an interesting reference point for the incidence ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD A gastrointestinal (GI) disease affects your digestive tract—the path food and drink take through your body and the digestive organs. GI diseases can impact ...

The human digestive system functions as a complex biological network, supported by several mechanisms that work in harmony to ...

Diseases affecting the digestive system, including the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, inflammatory bowel disease and others, are significant causes of death ...