Gastrointestinal System Disorders (Part 2)

Overview:
Colon cancer, liver disease and inflammatory bowel disease are common problems in the gastrointestinal system. In this interview, youll find out important information

about diagnosing and treating these disorders.

Part One:
Colon cancer prevention
Screening recommendations
Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy
Virtual colonoscopy
Polyps
Pill cam for diagnosing GI problems
Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohns and Ulcerative Colitis)

Part Two:
Causes of liver disease
Hepatitis
Vaccines for hepatitis
Fatty liver

Guest: Dr. Jean-Pierre Raufman, the head of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and professor of medicine at

the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Links:
Gastrointestinal System Disorders (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixnZ6nkoeUA

Gastrointestinal System Disorders (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_u5d-TRtng

Maryland Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
http://www.umm.edu/ibd/

Maryland Digestive Diseases Center
http://www.umm.edu/digestive/index.htm

Dr. Jean-Pierre Raufman,
http://www.umm.edu/doctors/jean-pierre__raufman.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Virtual
• Colonoscopy
• Sigmoidoscopy
• Inflammatory
• bowel
• diseases
• IBD
• Ulcerative
• Colitis
• liver
• disease
• Hepatitis
• Fatty
• ummc
• mht