Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system. But some makes it all the way through those twists and turns ...

Secretin regulates Ca²⁺ signaling in interstitial cells of Cajal in the deep muscular plexus (ICC-DMP), revealing a targeted ...

A diet rich in the amino acid cysteine may have rejuvenating effects in the small intestine, according to a new study from MIT. This amino acid, the researchers discovered, can turn on an immune ...

The US humorist Christopher Morley once described the human body as “an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing”. He wasn’t wrong: from our cardiovascular and lymphatic systems to our guts and urinary ...

Motocross racer Carey Hart suffered a severe injury that "severed my small intestine from my colon" while practicing on May 15, he revealed on Instagram two days later The motocross racer apologized ...

The couple’s kids — Willow, 13, and Jameson, 8 — visited Hart in the hospital, he revealed in the same post Carey Hart/Instagram; Mike Coppola/Getty Motocross racer Carey Hart suffered a severe injury ...

Carey Hart thanked his wife Pink for her support after a gruesome injury where he “severed [his] small intestine from his colon.” “Welp, I ran out of talent,” the motocross and off-road truck racer, ...

Adhesions from prior abdominal surgeries are the most common cause of SBO. Untreated SBO can lead to serious complications like bowel perforation or tissue death (strangulation). Symptoms of SBO ...

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) ...

The gut microbiome is an important ecosystem of microbes that lives in each one of us, and its strength affects our overall health. However, the small intestine is an underappreciated part of the gut ...

Experts agree that intestinal ultrasound is repeatable, well-tolerated, and accurately diagnoses and provides a monitoring strategy for small bowel Crohn's disease strictures. Diverse roundtable panel ...