This opening segment establishes the clinical context for a 66 year old man with well differentiated, non functioning, ...

Digestive discomfort is common, but some symptoms go far beyond everyday indigestion. One such condition that demands urgent ...

An enteroscopy is a procedure that uses a flexible tube called an endoscope to examine inside the small intestine. Enteroscopy is a nonsurgical procedure to diagnose and manage conditions of the small ...

SIBO and IBS cause similar symptoms. Doctors can differentiate SIBO from IBS with breath tests or by taking a sample of fluid from your small intestines. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) ...

The man had suffered a recurrent hernia in the two-inch hole where his intestinal loops spilled from his body Getty An 83-year-old man with a history of health problems was hospitalized after he ...

The terms "intestinal barrier" and "intestinal permeability" describe two different aspects of the same anatomical structure, the intestinal wall composed of four layers, the mucosa, the submucosa, ...

A study has reported that an experimental ‘dark’ oral contrast agent improved bowel wall visualisation on computed tomography scans, helping radiologists to identify clinically relevant ...

In a new pilot feasibility study, researchers from Mayo Clinic, the University of Washington School of Medicine, the ...