For General Practitioners
Highlights from GP Clinical Update June 1, 2010
Patient Information Fact Sheets
- Achalasia
- Anal Fissures
- Barrett's Oesophagus
- Bowel Cancer
- Coeliac Disease
- Colorectal Cancer (Bowel Cancer) Screening
- Crohn's Disease
- Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
(Diverticular Disease) - Dysphagia
(Difficulty Swallowing) - Gallstones
- Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers ("Peptic Ulcers")
- Haemorrhoids
- Helicobacter pylori
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hiatus Hernia
- Inoperable Gastrointestinal Malignancies
- Intestinal Parasites
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Peptic Oesophageal Strictures
- Reflux Disease
- Sedation for Endoscopy and Colonoscopy
- Ulcerative Colitis
- What is Colonoscopy?
- What is Endoscopy?
- What is Gastroscopy?

Useful Links
The Coeliac Society
www.coeliacsociety.com.au
Gastroenterological Nurses College of Australia Inc (GENCA)
www.genca.org
Gastroenterological Society of Australia
www.gesa.org.au
Irritable Bowel Information and Support Association
www.ibis-australia.org
St Vincent's Clinic
www.stvincentsclinic.com.au
St Vincent's Private Hospital
www.svph.com.au
Public and Mater Hospitals
www.svhm.org.au
www.curebarretts.com
Visit www.curebarretts.com to learn more about Barrett's esophagus, its symptoms and treatment options.