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Last up-date: April 13, 2010

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diabetic gastroparesis.

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The Gastroparesis and Dysmotilities Association (GPDA) is no longer active, however this site remains archived for informational purposes.

Welcome to digestivedistress.com

Imagine having a stomach flu that never goes away; endless bouts of nausea or vomiting of undigested food, abdominal pain and bloating with stomach acid and food washing up into your mouth. Eating seems to make the symptoms all the worse, so food avoidance - or radically altered diets - become your preoccupation, as does an endless search to find doctors who can help. Read more...

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Up-to-date information on IBS

ALERT! IBS and Fructose Alert

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GPDA needs your HELP! Political Action Alert

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Watch our public education Webcasts!

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Here is a website devoted to dealing with gastroparesis in children.

GPDA has two children's books devoted to gastroparesis and digestive motility problems

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Read a summary of our GP Survey results

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Read our mission statement

GPDA has endeavoured, in our Web site, to present a holistic approach enabling readers to gain insights, which will lead to meaningful discussions with health care providers and thus, optimize personal treatment plans.

Our Web site provides reliable, evidence-based medical information. Many of our materials have been reviewed by leading specialists or supported by research citations. Our policy papers have been cited by many government agencies and our Web site provides a source of material for medical students and allied health care members.

But more important, GPDA desires to nurture scientific enquiry. Find out how you can play an active role in this endeavour. See research.

GPDA is the only organization on the international stage to focus on motor (motility) disturbances in the stomach, as well as providing information on other gut motility problems. We are uniquely focused on support for the advancement of research in order to find real hope for the future of gastroparetic and digestive dysmotility sufferers.

Facts and News!

Centre for Digestive Motility in Calgary, Canada has a new website www.motility.ca

Medtronic celebrates 10 years! It has been ten years since the first Enterra Therapy neurostimulating device was implanted into a gastroparetic patient. Learn more about gastric electrical stimulation (Enterra Therapy

A new not-for-profit organization, with a focus on raising dollars for gastroparesis research is soon to launch. Called the ICAN Foundation