A young woman who had to have her large intestine removed after masking her bowel symptoms for a year out of embarrassment has urged others not to do the same. Alex Lyons was 21 when she started ...

A risky but often lifesaving surgery that removes damaged parts of the small intestine can leave patients facing a new threat: serious liver damage with no available treatment. Now, scientists have ...

The therapy shows efficacy in improving diarrhea, abdominal pain in GLP-1, GLP-1/GIP-treated patients with diabetes and/or obesity in a small study.

Stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) symptoms and signs vary. TBI includes light, noise sensitivity; stroke presents with facial drooping.

Deep in the folds of the intestine, in microscopic pockets called crypts, a quiet surveillance system is always at work. Stem cells lining the gut wall are not just rebuilding tissue—they are ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you address intestinal angina? What are the symptoms, diagnostic tools and treatment? Is there any relation with it to gallbladder issues? I have experienced unexplained nausea ...

A team from Mass General Brigham and MIT has created a firefly inspired ingestible capsule that shines light inside the small intestine and reads how much comes back. In pigs, its luminance signal ...

Idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of the mesenteric veins (IMHMV) is a rare and poorly understood disease, typically affecting the rectosigmoid colon of young, otherwise healthy men. Clinically, it is ...

For retired grandfather Ed Langevin, life was good. He spent plenty of time with his grandkids. He went to church regularly. And he loved the simple things, like a bowl of pasta or a sub from his ...

An 8-month-old female infant was admitted with recurrent vomiting, intermittent fever, and episodes of intense abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasound revealed ileocolic intussusception and a cystic mass ...

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare condition that occurs when you have symptoms of intestinal obstruction without anything physically blocking the intestines. It can be chronic or develop ...

Myocardial ischemia is a drop in blood flow to the heart. Myocardial infarction, or heart attack, occurs when death or damage occurs in the muscle tissue of the heart due to low blood supply. The ...