This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to peptic ulcer, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on peptic ulcer. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Peptic Ulcer: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Peptic Ulcer; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Peptic Ulcer; Chapter 5. Books on Peptic Ulcer; Chapter 6. Multimedia on Peptic Ulcer; Chapter 7. Periodicals and News on Peptic Ulcer; Chapter 8. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 9. Dissertations on Peptic Ulcer; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. NIH Consensus Statement on Helicobacter Pylori in Peptic Ulcer Disease; Appendix F. NIH Consensus Statement on Therapeutic Endoscopy and Bleeding Ulcers; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; PEPTIC ULCER GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Chronic Peptic Ulcer and Esophagitis Syndrome, Columnar-Like Esophagus, Duodenal ulcer, Esophagitis-Peptic Ulcer, Gastric ulcer, Helicobacter pylori gastritis, Helicobacter ulcer, Intestinal metaplasia of the lower esophagus, Peptic ulcer.