Short bowel syndrome (SBS): From teen to adult care

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare disorder that happens when you don’t have enough small intestine, or it doesn’t work well. As a teen or adolescent with SBS, it’s time to learn how to become comfortable making your own health care decisions.

Trust Your Gut

Obesity

Obesity is a chronic, complex, and treatable disease. It is associated with having an excess amount of body fat. Obesity is not a choice. Genetic, environmental, and social factors play a role in obesity.

Obesity: MASLD and lifestyle changes – health-promoting habits for weight management

Obesity is a chronic, complex, and treatable disease. It is associated with having an excess amount of body fat. Obesity is not a choice. Genetic, environmental, and social factors play a role in obesity.

Obesity: GERD and lifestyle changes – Healthy habits for weight management

Obesity is a chronic disease in which someone has an excess of fat that negatively impacts their health. The calculation of body mass index (BMI) is typically used to measure if someone has obesity (overweight).

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Vaccine recommendations

Patients with IBD need to work with their health care providers to decide which vaccines they need to stay healthy.

Short bowel syndrome (SBS)

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare disorder that happens when you don’t have enough small intestine, or it doesn’t work well.

Hepatitis C (HCV)

Hepatitis C (HCV) is the most common form of viral hepatitis. Hepatitis is inflammation or swelling of the liver. If a person has symptoms (many do not), often it is like symptoms of the flu.

Peptic ulcer disease

Peptic ulcer disease is the formation of ulcers in the lining of the stomach (gastric ulcer) or the first part of the small intestine, the duodenum (duodenal ulcer).

Pancreatitis

Pancreatitis refers to inflammation (swelling) of the pancreas. It is often caused by gallstones or heavy alcohol abuse. Both acute and chronic pancreatitis symptoms are similar.