Complex surgical procedures have now gone to the nanoscale with tiny robots performing procedures. Now, researchers from the ...

Doctors at KGMU in Lucknow have successfully created an opening for a 17-year-old girl suffering from cervicovaginal atresia by utilizing a section of her large intestine. This innovative procedure ...

“Surprisingly, in this country, 20 per cent of people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in A&E,” says Prof Murphy. “They get rushed in with some kind of emergency complication associated with cancer, ...

This video contains footage some viewers may find distressingThis is 12-year-old Khalil.He's in hospital after, exhausted ...

Ask a dairy or beef farmer if they have ever had a calf born with atresia, a condition commonly known as “waterbelly”, and ...

Water-absorbing beads have become increasingly hazardous to children over the past 10 years, as children who swallow the ...

Bryanna Emr, MD, FACS, pediatric surgeon, senior author In a literature review, researchers found that children under the age of 5 years are more likely to swallow the beads and have a resulting ...

Born with a serious intestinal blockage, Chander has already undergone seven surgeries, with an eighth still recommended by ...

Samuel Bell was born with a rare birth defect that leaves sufferers missing nerves in parts of the intestine. The condition ...

Consistent straw use is also a major cause. “The more a straw is used, the more air will enter the GI tract, and potentially ...

Enzymes continue to break down the food as it travels through the esophagus (food pipe), stomach, and large and small intestines before leaving the body as waste products. Malabsorption can occur ...

Original Story 9/19: Access to X, formerly known as Twitter, has been restored for some users in Brazil after the Elon Musk-owned company moved its operations in the region to servers hosted by ...