Charlottesville Collects' opens at Bayly Group forming Film on Paul Bowles kicks off Film Society's season Off the Shelf New GI clinic for women, staffed by women, opens Staff Report Photography courtesy of the Link, the Health System newsletter. P.A. A Women's Digestive Health Clinic has been created at the University Health System . The multidisciplinary clinic, which opened Sept. 1, incorporates gastroenterology, endoscopy, nutrition counseling and pain psychology. This is a clinic for women and staffed by women. The work in the clinic has implications beyond regular office visits, Yoshida explained.
Patients have the opportunity to participate in a number of national clinical trials.
In addition, there are plans to initiate a database to study gender-related gastrointestinal disorders. According to the American Digestive Health Foundation, at least 40 million Americans suffer from chronic digestive diseases that impact their lifestyle, and many more people are affected less severely by digestive illness. Women are more likely than men to suffer from certain gastrointestinal illnesses and are equally affected by colon cancer, the most deadly digestive disease. It is important that women openly discuss digestive health with their physician. Women often think they are less at risk for digestive illnesses than men are.