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Patient resources
Reading on digestive health, from our own newsletters and from organisations we consider reliable.
Our newsletters
The clinic has published a series of short newsletters on digestive health topics. The one patients find most useful before a procedure is issue 9.
Searches the full text of all 27 documents, not just their titles. Try “clear fluids”, “driving” or “lactose”.
The full series
- Dietary fibre
- Colon cancer risks
- Coeliac disease
- Hepatitis C
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Lactose intolerance
- Traveller’s diarrhoea
- Quality endoscopy
- Hereditary haemochromatosis
- Screening in older adults
- Hepatitis B
- OHP inspection
- GERD and heartburn
- Polyp types
- Gas and bloating
- Diverticulosis
- Safety and quality in endoscopy
External resources
The links below are provided for reference only. Vaughan Endoscopy Clinic does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of information found on external sites, and assumes no liability for it. Because the internet is an international medium, some information may not apply in Canada.
Colorectal and GI cancer
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Cancer Care Ontario — including Ontario’s colorectal screening guidelines
- Colorectal Cancer Canada
Inflammatory bowel disease
Irritable bowel syndrome
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Mayo Clinic
- About IBS, International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders
Digestive disease generally
Clinical research
For information about gastrointestinal clinical trials currently running in the Toronto area, contact Toronto Digestive Disease Associates on 416-650-0017, email info@tdda.ca, or visit tdda.ca.
Nothing here is medical advice
Never disregard professional medical advice, or delay seeking it, because of something you have read on a website. Talk to your own doctor about your circumstances.