A team at South Tyneside District Hospital has carried out the first operation of its kind in the North East. A first of its ...

A 43-year-old mother from Bromley in South East London, has revealed an early symptom before her bowel cancer diagnosis.

Cancer Research UK said this is a common sign for a number of cancers. The NHS recommends that if you have any of the above symptoms for three weeks or more, you should see a GP. It also advises to ...

Constipation is common among Indian adults, but adding fibre-rich foods, staying hydrated, and moving more can make a big difference in gut health.

A type of elliptic-function low-pass filter that is easy to design and construct, has low passband loss, and is very compact is described. With simple scaling and a limited number of standard parts, a ...

Collagen membranes are widely used in guided bone regeneration (GBR) because of their good biocompatibility and low immunogenicity. As a bioderived collagen membrane, small intestinal submucosa (SIS) ...

Out-of-pocket expenses for bowel preparation may limit access to colonoscopy, potentially delaying diagnosis and treatment, ...

High-Output Stoma After Small-Bowel Resections for Crohn's Disease Stephen KK Tsao; Melanie Baker; Jeremy MD Nightingale Disclosures Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005;2 (12):604-608. 0 ...

When compared with cardiorespiratory complications, gastrointestinal complications are relatively uncommon. 2 Among the reported complications are acute oesophageal necrosis, 3 4 gastric perforation, ...

More than three feet of the man's small intestine broke through his skin in a two-inch wide spot after he suffered a recurring “ parastomal hernia,” which, according to Washington University ...

Any type of colon surgery needs to be done on a clean and empty colon. You will be put on a special diet before surgery and may need to use laxative drinks and/or enemas to get all of the stool out of ...