It was the ancient Greeks who first divided the 20-foot length of the small intestine into three parts: The duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum. However, the organ may finally be ready for an update: ...

This story is part of a series exploring human anatomy and physiology complexities. Each story in this collection showcases discoveries reshaping our understanding of the body's inner workings, ...

How much guts does it take to survive? Nature supplies man with an average 25 feet, four-fifths of it in the small intestine (comprising the duodenum, ileum and jejunum). Through the small intestine’s ...

There is an association between hypothyroidism and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), but the exact mechanistic link between these 2 conditions is not fully elucidated. We evaluate the ...

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the most common infectious complication in patients with liver cirrhosis and associated with a high one-year mortality 1. Pathological bacterial ...

Tourists visiting an unfamiliar city would have a hard time finding their way around if they were using nothing but a topological map, no matter how detailed. Most tourist maps, therefore, highlight ...

The gut microbiome is an important ecosystem of microbes that lives in each one of us, and its strength affects our overall health. However, the small intestine is an underappreciated part of the gut ...

Small intestine tumors, though rare, have shown a concerning increase in incidence and mortality in recent years. This study aimed to investigate the historical trends in histological composition and ...

A teenager in Wexford who had a habit of eating her own hair had to have two giant hairballs surgically removed from her ...