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

Explore the complexities of SIBO, its impact on gut health, and evolving diagnostic methods for this often-misunderstood ...

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

Did you know if you unfolded your intestines, they'd be taller than a giraffe? Yep, they form a digestive tube so lengthy it's got two sections. The so-called small intestine is about 22 feet long ...

Partially digested food arrives in the intestine from the stomach. Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the ...

Interestingly, the small intestine remained longer after birth, even up to 35 days after the mice had finished lactating, suggesting that this change isn't reversible.

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 ...

Here’s what you should know. When you have short bowel syndrome, a large part of your small intestine is either removed or damaged and doesn’t work. The small intestine is the part of your ...

Researchers have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare for a second. Researchers ...

Pregnancy causes the mouse small intestine to grow, with changes persisting after birth and further increasing after a second pregnancy. The villi and crypts in the intestine also grow but revert ...