What you'll learn

  • More than 65 lessons in this easy-to-follow course are organized into these sections:

  • Getting Started

  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) 

  • Dyspepsia

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome

  • Constipation and Diarrhea

Course description

Does it seem like everything you eat disagrees with you? You’re not alone. We’re living in a virtual epidemic of digestive issues. One in four people has a gastrointestinal (GI) problem bad enough that it disrupts their lives. The number of medicines for GI problems has skyrocketed. 

In the privacy of your own home, you can find help that may stop the suffering. This special online course from the experts at Harvard Medical School covers everything from heartburn, acid reflux, functional dyspepsia, and ulcers to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, diarrhea, and excess gas. Within each of the course’s seven sections, you’ll find treatment options and advice for finding relief. 

Instructors

Chair of the Department of Medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital; Assistant Chief of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine.

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