The 3D scalable 'gut-on-a-chip' model enables real-time visualisation of the interactions of gut microbes and the human ...

Measles was one of the deadliest infectious diseases for children prior to 1915. But in just two decades from 1915 in the UK, ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), are chronic conditions ...

Scientists from the University of Birmingham have analysed Akkermansia muciniphila for the first time, revealing how this ...

Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson MD, MPH The navel, also known as the belly button or umbilicus, is a small, round, or ...

Background and Aim: Barrett's esophagus has been associated with the presence of hiatal hernia; however, to date no meta-analysis of the relationship has been performed. We aimed to conduct a ...

Intestinal worms often lead to gastrointestinal symptoms, like diarrhea, because they live in your digestive tract. Other symptoms, such as a skin rash or problems breathing, also can occur, depending ...

A SIBO breath test can reveal if your chronic intestinal symptoms are caused by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Jejunal aspiration—the removal and culture of a sample of intestinal fluid ...

Taken together, these findings indicate that mucoids may represent an expulsion of the mucosal lining that is driven by changes in diet. We suggest that these occurrences serve to reset their GIT ...