Dr. Alexander Lake, Gastroenterologist at AdventHealth, joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of Bloom, to emphasize the vital ...

Alexander Lake, DO, a gastroenterologist at AdventHealth, joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and ...

Moreover, they managed to apply their noninvasive method to detecting disease in the small intestine, the long, thin tube that in healthy people absorbs most of the proteins from food. Because the ...

He underwent emergency surgery and was eventually discharged eight days after the operation An 83-year-old man was hospitalized after his small intestine partially burst through his skin.

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 ...

THE small intestine comprises the longest portion of the alimentary canal and yet receives small consideration in the diagnosis of intestinal tumors. The reason is the rarity of neoplasms in the sm ...

Paneth cells are versatile secretory cells located in the crypts of Lieberkühn of the small intestine. In normal conditions, they function as the cornerstones of intestinal health by preserving ...

Crohn's can affect your digestive tract in patches. Some areas may be damaged while others are completely healthy.

Grades, types and stages of small bowel neuroendocrine cancer Small bowel neuroendocrine cancers are also called small intestine neuroendocrine cancers. They are cancers that start in the ...

2. Small bowel series and ultrasound can prove to be useful along with CT, to confirm the origin of air foci within a lesion. 3. Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) >5 cm usually show lobulated ...

Learn about lumens, openings inside a tubular body structure such as the large and small intestines, and what happens when a lumen becomes narrow.