The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in ...

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

As far back as the 16th century, we were mapping out the murky territory of the human small intestine in anatomy books. We ...

A Chinese man unknowingly carried a 15-centimetre ceramic spoon in his duodenum for six months after a boozy night in ...

SIBO is when bacteria that normally live in your colon start growing too much in your small intestine. Diagnosing SIBO is tricky. There’s no perfect test, and symptoms like bloating and gas can ...

The procedure changes how the body absorbs food and leaves people feeling fuller from eating less. Gastric bypass is a type of bariatric surgery, which an estimated 280,000 people received in 2022.

Small intestine This freakishly long (20 feet!) tubular organ is where the bulk of your body’s nutrient absorption happens, via fingerlike projections (villi) that cover the insides of the coils ...

A novel drug that produces a temporary coating in the small intestine could be a new strategy for weight loss—and an alternative to surgeries and GLP-1 drugs.

A Chinese man underwent surgery to remove a toothbrush from his intestine, which he had swallowed 52 years ago as a child.

High-voltage electrical pulses to the upper region of the small intestine in a minimally invasive procedure can significantly improve type 2 diabetes, researchers reported at the Digestive Disease ...

The appendix may play a further role in protecting the gastrointestinal system from invading pathogens. This would explain why surgical removal of the appendix has been associated with a worse ...