Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common digestive disorder with unclear causes, affecting about 10% of the global population. Researchers have now discovered that opioid delta-receptor agonists may ...

A new Weizmann Institute study identified all of the proteins in a stool sample – those from the microbiome, the human body and food – revealing the hidden secrets of the intestines and their impact o ...

To ensure thoroughness, we also searched using the terms “congenital band*”, “bowel obstruction”, and “intestinal obstruction” across all fields. Case reports and case series were included, and all ...

Intestinal fibrosis, as a late-stage complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), leads to bowel obstruction and requires surgical intervention, significantly lowering the quality of life of ...

Complications, such as bowel obstruction and intestinal rupture, can arise. The condition is associated with an increased risk of bowel cancer. When its effects go beyond the gastrointestinal tract, ...

She edits and prepares scientific manuscripts and grant proposals for submission. Intestinal metaplasia (IM) occurs when the body replaces the cells that line the upper digestive tract (including ...

Although the small intestine makes up the largest part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, small intestine cancers are rare in the United States. In fact, they account for fewer than 1 in 10 cancers ...

A glass of milk a day could help keep bowel cancer away – or so finds a study by Oxford University and Cancer Research UK. The research suggests that increasing daily milk intake by as little as ...

All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years. NHS England has been posting the faecal-immunochemical test (Fit) to all 54-74-year-olds since ...

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) are both types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ... not affect the colon at all (only the small intestine), then there’s no increased risk ...

Notably—as always occurs with this technique—the procedure resulted in the bowel changing direction as it traversed the abdominal wall (figures 1, 2). Postoperatively, the patient was well; the ...

A bowel obstruction or intestinal blockage is the most common Crohn’s complication, but it doesn’t make it any less fatal. Emergency treatment is necessary to prevent a fatal infection ...