The disease most often affects the small and large intestine. However, inflammation can occur anywhere in the GI tract, from the mouth to the anus. Chronic inflammation of the intestines can cause ...

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have uncovered a critical mechanism that may pave the way for innovative ...

About half of all people with Crohn’s disease have ileocolitis, the most common type. This type causes inflammation in the final section of your small intestine, known as the ileum, as well as ...

New research in eGastroenterology identifies the unfolded protein response (UPR) as a crucial mechanism in maintaining ...

Yep, they form a digestive tube so lengthy it's got two sections. The so-called small intestine is about 22 feet long on average. That's over three times the size of LeBron James. The small ...

Jax Bari, an 11-year-old from Philadelphia, shows me a photo of himself. It's hard to look at; in it, he's sprawled out on ...

Crohn’s disease most commonly affects the small intestine and the colon, but it can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from the mouth to the anus. It can even affect one part of ...

"Given that the psoriasis patients in our study had relatively mild skin disease and showed no visible intestinal inflammation in a gastroscopy, they had surprisingly clear changes in their small ...

Celiac disease is a condition of damage to the small intestine due to gliadin sensitivity. Gliadin is a protein found in gluten, wheat and other cereals, and it is thought to directly damage the ...

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have uncovered a critical mechanism that may pave the way for innovative ...