Mrs. Simpson had her hand over the left lower quadrant of her abdomen as she sat in my exam room describing her problem. “The last couple of days this part ...

More than 36,300 people are claiming PIP or ADP for gastrointestinal conditions including Crohn’s, Colitis and Coeliac disease.

Three years ago, I was sitting in my doctor’s office feeling completely overwhelmed. She’d just told me I had diverticulosis, […] The post 25 High Fiber Foods for Diverticulosis That Actually Work ...

Narrow stools can be caused by various factors. Learn what causes narrow stool and how to make the shape regular again.

People with an underactive thyroid may have an increased risk of developing small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), a risk that may be reduced with thyroid hormone treatment, according to a ...

BLOOM (TAMPA) – Alexander Lake, DO, a gastroenterologist at AdventHealth, joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom, to shed light on one of the mos… ...

Small bowel neuroendocrine tumors (SBNET) frequently present with metastatic disease, and the efficacy of available systemic therapies, especially immune checkpoint blockade, is limited.

Cut open small bowel segment verifying the diverticular perforation (arrow) from an intraluminal perspective. The postoperative course was uneventful. The antibiotic therapy was discontinued on POD 5, ...

In patients with small intestinal Crohn’s disease (CD), there is a need for a simple, non-invasive test to reduce dependence on invasive procedures (eg, enteroscopy) and costly imaging (eg, MRI or CT ...

A man was hospitalized after more than three feet of his small intestine broke through a two-inch hole in his abdomen where he had a recurrent hernia.

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 ...

Learn how diverticulitis alters stool (poop) appearance, from color changes to consistency, and when to seek medical advice.