Intestinal villi are delicate structures that are vulnerable to injury. Certain diseases, toxins, and disorders can lead to the flattening and erosion of villi, known as villous atrophy. The ...

Complications, such as bowel obstruction and intestinal rupture, can arise. The condition is associated with an increased risk of bowel cancer. When its effects go beyond the gastrointestinal tract, ...

Bowel habits vary from person to person. However, sudden changes can indicate an underlying health condition, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Many young kids can only dream of being a Marvel character, but one boy learned the hard way that it’s not all it’s cracked ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the digestive tract. It can include ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease.

The American Cancer Society estimates for these cancers in the United States for 2024 are: About 13,920 people will be diagnosed with some type of small intestine cancer. About 2,060 people will die ...

Intestinal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells, which in mammals reside in the base of the crypts of the adult intestine. Intestinal stem cells continuously self-renew by dividing and ...

Read at the Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Providence, R. I., September 28, 1929.

Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or back passage (rectal cancer). It is also called colorectal cancer. This section is about treatment for colon cancer that hasn't spread to ...

Yes, a person can poop and still be constipated. Constipation does not mean bowel movements stop entirely, but it refers to a reduction in the frequency and consistency of bowel movements.

Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands its lifesaving screening programme to those aged 50 in England.