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 ...

A 64-year-old Chinese man was astonished to discover a toothbrush lodged in his intestines for 52 years after accidentally ...

A total of 65 cases of primary small-bowel tumor were found, and in 33 of these the tumors were malignant. Shallow, Eger and Carty 5 state that primary cancer of the small intestine occurs in 0.1 ...

The small intestine then absorbs all of those broken-down nutrients. It can help build the cells in your body. So that’s one really important function. Another is it actually has tons of immune cells ...

Live Hookworms Discovered in Woman's Intestine During Scan. A 75-year-old woman, who has since recovered, didn’t have the gastrointestinal bleeding that usually accompanies the infection By.

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.