On Monday, July 28, football coach at the University of Colorado, Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders, announced he was diagnosed and ...

Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic, progressive inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract—from the mouth to the anus. It most commonly affects the ...

From a cafe adding intestines to coffee to a man’s surgery to remove ingested toothbrush, here are five stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

The man, identified as Yang, said he remembered swallowing the toothbrush at the age of 12 but was too scared to tell his parents about it.

The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in appetite, metabolism and the microbiome – and how to look after it better ...

SAN DIEGO — An AI-driven, 3D spatial multimodal analysis exposed substantial immune and structural dysregulation of the duodenum in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research ...

Crohn’s Disease can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract, but most commonly targets the terminal ileum and proximal colon. A key characteristic of Crohn’s is transmural involvement ...

Agomab’s ALK5 inhibitor has proven its ability to target the correct part of the intestine in a phase 2 trial of fibrostenosing Crohn’s disease.

Triastek announces that its 3D printed drug product D23 (Budesonide Ileum Targeted Tablets for the treatment of IgAN) has achieved positive results in ...

And then the ileum– there’s the last part of the ileum called the terminal ileum that you can reach by colonoscopy at the very end of it. But a lot of the small intestine, because it is in a spot ...

They will then separate the ileum from the cecum, the initial part of the large intestine, pulling the ileum through the passage they have created by cutting through the abdomen.

Most absorption of vitamin B12 occurs in the ileum, the last and longest section of your small intestine. Vitamin B12 deficiency affects up to 38% of people with Crohn's. It typically occurs when the ...