Environment and lifestyle; effects on disorders of the digestive tract; proceedings. (Falk symposium; 176) by Falk Symposium (176th: 2010: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany). Ed. by H.E.Blum et al - 2011

S. Karger, AG, 2011. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Blum et al. compile 18 papers from the proceedings of the 176th Falk Symposium, held in October 2010, in Freiburg, Germany. In the papers, researchers in gastroenterology and hepatology, digestive diseases, pharmacology and therapeutics, from the US and Europe discuss the genetic basis of digestive diseases, then the mechanisms of environmental effects on them. They cover hygiene, nutrition, physical activity, obesity, infections, drug toxicity, and alcohol and smoking, and the environmental factors involved in disorders of different organs of the digestive system, specifically the liver, gut, upper gastrointestinal tract, and pancreas, as well as implications for treatment and prevention. These include Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, gallstones, colon cancer, chronic pancreatitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The volume is a reprint of Digestive Diseases, vol. 29, no. 2, 2011. (2011 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)