The Sensitive Gut
Let Harvard’s experts help you get relief from the pain and discomfort of dozens of digestive problems. Now you can get valuable advice on the best ways to prevent and relieve GERD and acid reflux, dyspepsia and ulcers, IBS, constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating, and more.
Now you can get valuable advice from top Harvard experts on the best ways to prevent and relieve GERD and acid reflux, dyspepsia and ulcers, IBS, constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating, and more. You’ll learn about the brain-gut connection and how stress can cause abdominal problems. Each section reviews the various diagnostic tests and treatment options from prescriptions and over-the-counter medications to surgical procedures to things you can do on your own to get relief.
This fascinating online course reveals how your digestive system works and explains in clear, concise, everyday language the most common reasons for abdominal pain and the best ways to get relief. Helpful charts, photographs and illustrations detail the way each organ and region of your digestive system works and shows you what happens when things go wrong.
Lawrence S. Friedman, MD
Dr. Lawrence S. Friedman, an Elsevier Author, is Chair of the Department of Medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Assistant Chief of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine.
Mallika Marshall, MD
Mallika Marshall, MD, is an Emmy-award winning journalist and physician who serves as the regular Health Reporter at WBZ-TV in Boston. A practicing physician who is Board Certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics, Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at the Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) Chelsea Urgent Care Clinic and MGH Revere Health Center. Marshall is currently a Contributing Editor for Harvard Health Publications, the publishing division of Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Marshall also has served as the host of Dr. Mallika Marshall, a series of health news reports that was nationally syndicated and aired in more than 70 markets, including major cities such as San Francisco, Atlanta, St. Louis, Cleveland, and Houston. A cum laude graduate of Harvard College, Marshall received her medical degree with honors at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She completed her medical residency at Harvard in internal medicine and pediatrics.
