1. Functional foods and probiotics: Time for gastroenterologists to embrace the concept

   • Fergus Shanahan
   • Jane McCarthy

   Invited Commentary Pages: 345 - 346

2. Literature alert

   Abstract Pages: 348 - 350

3. Web alert

   News Pages: 351 - 351

4. Clinical trials report

   • Joseph H. Sellin

   BriefCommunication Pages: 353 - 354

5. New therapies for functional bowel diseases

   • Bernard Coulie
   • Michael Camilleri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 363

6. Small bowel motility: Ready for prime time?

   • Edy E. Soffer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 364 - 369

7. Malabsorption testing: A review

   • Philip M. Ginsburg
   • Preeti Janefalkar
   • Eli D. Ehrenpreis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 370 - 377

8. Why should a clinician care about the molecular biology of transport?

   • Andrzej J. Janecki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 378 - 386

9. Approach to patients with refractory constipation

   • Scott A. Wofford
   • G. Nicholas Verne

   OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 394

10. Diagnostic and therapeutic options in obscure gastrointestinal blood loss

    • Rafael Amaro
    • Jamie S. Barkin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 398

11. Stents and lasers for colonoscopic lesions

    • Douglas G. Adler
    • Todd H. Baron

    OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 405

12. Colorectal cancer screening 2000: The role of colonoscopy in average-risk individuals

    • Walter E. Smalley
    • Glenn M. Eisen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 406 - 412

13. An understanding of excessive intestinal gas

    • Fabrizis L. Suarez
    • Michael D. Levitt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 419