Iron deficiency anemia

Iron deficiency anemia

Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia that happens when you don’t have enough iron to make healthy red blood cells.

Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy

A colonoscopy is a procedure performed by a doctor called a gastroenterologist, who uses a colonoscope to look inside the colon and check for diseases like cancer or colitis.

Gluten-free diet: nutritional value

A nutritious gluten-free diet can help correct and prevent nutrient deficiencies that may occur in celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

Gluten: reading a label

For people with celiac disease, knowing how to read ingredient labels is essential to avoid gluten in foods, beverages and medicines.

Gluten-free diet

A gluten-free diet involves avoiding wheat, barley, rye, and all foods made with these ingredients.

Gentle GI nutrition

Also called the non-diet approach, this approach focuses on finding alternatives besides restrictive diets to help with GI symptoms.

Small bowel capsule endoscopy

Capsule Endoscopy

A small bowel capsule endoscopy is a procedure to view the small intestine by having the patient swallow a capsule the size of a large pill, which has a camera inside.

Endoscopy (upper GI)

Upper GI Endoscopy

Upper GI endoscopy is a procedure to view the upper digestive tract, which includes the esophagus, stomach and beginning of the small intestine.