Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Small intestine cancer is a rare cancer that develops in the tissues of the small ...

A colectomy is a type of surgery that removes part or all of the colon. The colon is part of the large intestine that connects the small intestine to the rectum. The colon is removed either in whole ...

A 23-year-old man who sought medical care for pain and indigestion discovered that the source of his agony was a cockroach in his small intestine. More specifically, a live cockroach.

The intestine maintains a delicate balance in the body, absorbing nutrients and water while maintaining a healthy ...

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body’s estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a ...

Lately I’ve noticed that eating cheese and other dairy products makes me bloated and gassy. I’m embarrassed to eat in public ...

“We’ve built a blueprint of the entire gut, and that’s a remarkable achievement,” said study senior author Ramnik Xavier, the HMS Kurt J. Isselbacher Professor of Medicine in the Field of ...

(Gray News) - A man’s indigestion and bloating were caused by a live cockroach that was found in his small intestine. According to People, a man in India sought medical care after noticing he ...

Researchers have analyzed the entire mouse intestine, mapping gene expression and cell states and location in the healthy gut and in response to perturbations such as inflammation. They identified ...