Healthy Santa Cruz County - Digestive / Intestinal Disorders

Library Resources

• Find Books: Crohn's Disease / Colitis
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about Crohn's Disease and colitis. Use this link to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, digestive disease
• Find Books: Digestive and Intestinal Conditions
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about digestive / intestinal disorders. Use this link to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, digestive disease

Recommended Websites

• Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
  Special features: Living with IBD - lifestyle suggestions; guides for children, teens, parents, and teachers; webcasts; news, advocacy, and research updates. From: Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America.
  Browse related subjects: alternative medicine, clinical trials, diagnosis, diet, digestive disease, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, medications, prescriptions, recommended website, research, support, surgery
• Crohn's Disease - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Interactive tutorials and videos; Spanish and easy-to-read formats available; links to wide variety of related, relevant topics. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, diagnosis, diet, digestive disease, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, medications, MedlinePlus, recommended website, research, self-care tools, self-help, support, surgery
• Digestive Diseases - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Interactive tutorials; Spanish and easy-to-read formats available; links to information for patients of all ages. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, diet, digestive disease, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, medications, MedlinePlus, recommended website, research, surgery
• Directory of Digestive Diseases Organizations for Patients
  Features: Names, contact information and services list for more than 25 national digestive disease organizations. From: NIH / NIDDC.
  Browse related subjects: digestive disease, hotline, recommended website, research, toll-free numbers
• GI Patient Information
  Special Features: "Digestive Health Web Book," a new Web-based resource written by experts from distinguished nationwide medical centers. Information for patients and their families, including diagnosis and the latest treatment options. From: American College of Gastroenterology.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, diagnosis, diet, digestive disease, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, lab tests, medical tests, medications, men's health, prescriptions, recommended website, research, self-care tools, self-help, senior health, support, women's health
• Ulcerative Colitis - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Interactive tutorials and videos; Spanish and easy-to-read formats available; links to wide variety of related, relevant topics. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: alternative medicine, clinical trials, complementary medicine, diagnosis, diet, digestive disease, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, medications, MedlinePlus, men's health, nutrition, recommended website, research, self-care tools, self-help, senior health, support, women's health
• Your Digestive System
  Special features: Overview of digestive conditions and procedures; Multimedia Library of Digestive Health Information; Women's Digestive Guide. From: American Gastroenterological Association.
  Browse related subjects: diet, digestive disease, healthy eating, nutrition, recommended website, women's health
• Your Liver - Your Life
  Special features: Newsletter; patient stories; reproducible fact sheets and brochures; research updates. From: American Liver Foundation.
  Browse related subjects: healthy lifestyle, liver, recommended website

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.