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

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an acquired condition of diffuse necrotic injury to the mucosal and submucosal layers of the bowel. It is the most serious gastrointestinal (GI) disorder that ...

If you have coeliac disease, eating foods that contain gluten can damage your villi, structures in the small intestine that help the body absorb nutrients. Following a meal containing gluten, you may ...

Researchers have identified three types of nerve cells connected to intestinal villi, suggesting that previously unknown neural networks regulate fluid balance in the gut.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified three types of nerve cells connected to the intestinal villi, suggesting that previously unknown neural networks regulate fluid balance in the gut.

Table of Contents The Science Behind Sugar’s Powerful Effects Why Your Daily Soda Habit Is Hard to Break Beyond Calories: Why ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This ...

The human small intestine is an essential organ that helps us absorb nutrients and vitamins from food. It is an average of 6 meters long and is covered with millions of villi that are separated by ...

Iron-containing macrophages, present in various tissues in patients with iron-storage diseases, have been demonstrated to pass from the intestinal villus into the intestinal lumen, acting to transp ...

Conditions along the small intestine differ completely from one point to another, from the crypts lining the inner walls to the tips of the protruding villi.

A comprehensive gene expression atlas of the human small intestine uncovers the secrets of nutrient absorption and defense against infection.