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

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

Because the small intestine is the region of the gut where nutrients, including glucose, are absorbed, it is likely that the small-intestine microbiota is involved. This indeed is shown in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The study is important because findings from the UN Public Division, Global Dietary Database and other global studies have ...

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 ...

Doctors use laboratory tests, imaging studies, and endoscopic procedures to help diagnose short bowel syndrome, which affects nutrient absorption in the small intestine. Short bowel syndrome (SBS ...

A microscopic image of a normal mouse small intestine. Cells stained red express normal amounts of cell-surface tags (MHC-II) needed by immune cells to find threats like infections or cancer.

Background: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is a condition in which excessive levels of bacteria, mainly the colonic-type species are present in the small intestine. Recent data ...

FODMAPs are carbohydrates that are not absorbed well in the intestine. People with gut-related conditions, like IBS, may need ...

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 ...