Morning sickness isn't the only gastrointestinal ill that strikes women. Our Center for Women's Gastrointestinal Disorders offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary focus on problems with the gastrointestinal system of women, in a setting staffed by all female practitioners.

Managing Gastroesophogeal Reflux
Many women suffer from GERD (gastroesophogeal reflux disease) or heartburn. Here are some lifestyle changes that can help you control the symptoms and avoid the complications that can result from GERD.
» More About GERD

Screenings Help Detect Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancer diagnoses for both men and women. Screenings can help detect colorectal cancer when it can still be treated. But screening rates for women are still quite low.
» More About Colorectal Cancer

Reducing the Risk of Perinatal Hepatitis
Identifying pregnant women infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), and preventing transmission of the virus to the baby is the goal of the Rhode Island Perinatal Hepatitis Prevention Program.
» Perinatal Hepatitis Prevention Program

Irritable Bowel Syndrome? Constipation? Chronic Pelvic Pain? You Are Not Alone
No one wants to talk about it, but 5.5 million Americans - most of them women - are affected by it. But treatment options are available to women suffering from fecal incontinence, urinary incontinence and constipation.
» Managing Fecal And Urinary Incontinence
» Katie's Story: Living With Crohn's Disease

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