Learn how small bowel obstruction develops, warning signs to watch for, and proven methods to prevent serious complications.

The small intestine is a very dynamic environment; food passes through depending on the varying speed of a person’s digestion, and the pipe expands and contracts.

One of those is Boston-based Syntis Bio, which is working on a daily pill that mimics the effects of gastric bypass—no actual ...

New research reveals how common dietary proteins like bovine serum albumin (BSA) or ovalbumin (OVA) may stimulate the body’s immune response and reduce small intestine cancer. In a recent study ...

Explore new treatments for bowel conditions. Research shows hope for short bowel syndrome by reprogramming the large ...

Yep, they form a digestive tube so lengthy it's got two sections. The so-called small intestine is about 22 feet long on average. That's over three times the size of LeBron James. The small ...

There’s no official ‘SIBO diet,’ but gastroenterologists or registered dietitians sometimes recommend the low-FODMAP diet or ...

In research published today in Cell, the same team found that pregnant mice had a longer small intestine from just seven days into the pregnancy. By the end of the pregnancy, around day 18, the ...

The study discovered that the small intestine is a major contributor to systemic glucose imbalances when sugar levels go low or high. Researchers made a serendipitous discovery: that three months ...

mainly the colonic-type species are present in the small intestine. Recent data suggest that SIBO may contribute to the pathophysiology of Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The purpose of this study ...

The company’s drug is designed to redirect the absorption of nutrients from the beginning of the small intestine to its end. The effect is similar to gastric bypass, in which surgeons make the ...

Successful 9.5-hour laparoscopic surgery at Preeti Urology and Kidney Hospital saves woman's kidneys in Hyderabad.