Monday Email 09.23.02
Ulcer Awareness Week
Next week is "Ulcer Awareness Week" sponsored by
the CDC with the subtitle "Ulcers - An Infection, Antiobiotics are the
Cure. Nearly one in ten adult Americans is affected by peptic ulcer disease
with nine out of those ten caused by an infection and therefore highly treatable.
From the websites below you will find more information on ulcers.
CDC Ulcer Awareness Week
Information about the promotional week
Materials and ideas for a local campaign available
Information sheets available in English and Spanish
http://www.cdc.gov/ulcer/uaw/awareness2001.htm
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
General consumer awareness pages with good visuals.
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/hpylori/hpylori.htm#6
An "easy-to-read" version of the above
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/pepticulcers/pepticulcers.htm#9
Peptic Ulcer Pages from Mayo Clinic
Signs, symptoms and causes
A conversation with a Mayo expert on the role of stress
Information on diagnosis and complications
http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/diseasesandconditions/invoke.cfm?id=DS00242
American Gastroenterological Association
Public information page of this association
Featured article by an MD (in the Health Library)
News and Tips from "Digestive Health and Nutrition"
http://www.gastro.org/public.html
The Helicobacter Foundation
An Australian site with cool, flying "helico" bacters
Put together by the doctor who discovered Helicobacter Pylori, or H. pylori
Funny gastroman cartoon and nice listing of more links.
Very good site with extensive information
http://www.helico.com/index.html
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