The small intestine is about three times the length of your body — the longest part of the digestive tract. When you eat food, it’s held in your small intestine for up to four hours.

Small bowel syndrome (SBS) is a condition characterized by malabsorption. SBS occurs when a significant portion of the small intestine is missing or nonfunctional and the body becomes unable to ...

Your small intestine is around five metres long, making it the longest section of your digestive tract. Although it is longer than your large intestine it has a smaller diameter.

But getting into the small intestine, and retrieving anything from it, has always been difficult. “It’s been ignored,” says Gary Frost, who studies digestion at Imperial College London.

The upshot on gut breakdown Research has linked a disrupted small intestine microbiome to diseases of the gut. These include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), small intestinal bacterial overgrowth ...

Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) is a type of medical imaging that uses a magnetic field to view details in the small intestine. Doctors can use this technique to diagnose conditions such as ...