Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. Center for Women's Gastrointestinal Disorders. Providence.

Know The Facts: Gastrointestinal Health Care For Women
Morning sickness isn't the only gastrointestinal ill that strikes women. Women & Infants' 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.

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

Perinatal Hepatitis Can Be Prevented
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

I threw up from the day that my body knew I was pregnant
Patient Story: Amy
Up to 90% of pregnant women experience nausea. Nearly 50% of women cope with vomiting as well. Called morning sickness, this generally goes away by the end of the first trimester.
» Read this Patient story

Some Nights it's Easier to Sleep in the Tub
Patient Story: Katie
In the fall of 2002, at the age of 24, I began to have episodes of severe abdominal cramping and frequent, urgent bouts of diarrhea. At first, I thought these episodes were due to something I ate or that I was fighting off a bug of some kind. After several months of these symptoms, I knew something was not right.
» Read this Patient story

Still have questions? We have answers in our web-exclusive Q&A
Specialists from Women & Infants’ Center for Women’s Gastrointestinal Disorders answer your questions surrounding digestive disorders, including hepatitis, Crohn's disease and colorectal cancer.

•	Learn More About Hepatitis
•	What Is Crohn's Disease?
•	More About Colorectal Cancer
•	Meet Our Clinicians

Two physicians in the all-female team at the W&I Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders were recently named Top Docs For Women by Rhode Island Monthly.

• Silvia Degli Esposti, MD
• Christy Dibble, MD
• Rhode Island Monthly's Top Docs

Here are some recent headlines related to gastrointestinal disorders. Check back often for new information and updates.

• New Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines For African Americans
• Crohn's Has Strong Genetic Link
• New Promise In Colonoscopy Screening
• Treating the Mind Eases Irritable Bowel

»American Cancer Society
»American Liver Foundation
»Celiac Disease Foundation
»Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
»Digestive Diseases Clearinghouse
»Endoscopy Patient Instructions
»Irritable Bowel Syndrome Assoc.
»National Cancer Institute


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