• The Digestive Care website
  www.digestivecare.co.uk
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  If you want to discover how your digestive system works and learn about the things that can sometimes go wrong with it, then this site is for you. Know before you go website www.cdc.gov/travel
  

Useful organisations:

• Digestive Disorders Foundation (The Charity for Research and Information on all Digestive Disorders)
  www.digestivedisorders.org.uk
  PO Box 251 Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 6HG
  Telephone: 0207 487 5332
  
  
• Incontact
  An organisation for people with bladder and bowel problems
  Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2PH
  Telephone Helpline: 0191 213 0050
  
  
• NACC
  (The National Association for Colitis and Chron's Disease)
  Telephone : 01727 844296
  
  
• Spinal Injuries Association
  76 St James Lane, London N10 3DF
  Telephone: 0208 444 2121.
  A factsheet is provided on bowel and bladder management for the disabled.
  

IBS organisations:

• IBS Network
  www.ibsnetwork.org.uk
  info@ibsnetwork.org.uk
  Helpline 0114 272 32 53
  Monday to Friday 6pm to 8pm, Saturday 10-12 noon
  All Helpline calls answered by IBS Specialist nurses.
  IBS Network,
  Unit 5,
  53 Mowbray Street,
  Sheffield S3 8EN
  
  
• IBS Research
  www.ibsresearchupdate.org
  A charity that funds a research programme into
  the causes of and treatment of IBS.
  Publishes a magazine, IBS Bulletin available by subscription freephone 0800 783 7327
  Website contains excellent information and links to online catalogue and shop.
  IBS Research Appeal,
  Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust,
  Acton Lane, London NW10 7NS
  
  
• IBS Network Helpline: 01543 492192
  Staffed by qualified nurses who specialise in IBS and who are able to deal with medical queries Monday to Friday 6p.m. to 8 p.m.