Inflammation in the intestine can be a serious problem and its symptoms should not be ignored. Let's know what are 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 ...

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 ...

Short bowel syndrome is an extremely rare disease of the intestines. Only about 10,000 to 20,000 people in the U.S. have it, including adults and children. Here’s what you should know.

Purdue University scientists isolated it from layers of tissue called small-intestine submucosa, or SIS, after they discovered more than a decade ago that the small intestine possessed unusual healing ...

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is a condition that causes gas, bloating, and diarrhea. The SIBO diet can help relieve symptoms by eliminating foods that digest more slowly in the gut.

In the fight against bacterial pathogens, researchers are combining vaccination with targeted colonisation of the intestine ...