Endogenex designed its ReCET catheter for treating type 2 diabetes in the duodenum with a simple feature for speed and safety ...

Center for Weight Loss Surgery explains the differences between duodenal switch and gastric sleeve surgeries for weight loss.

A risky but often lifesaving surgery that removes damaged parts of the small intestine can leave patients facing a new threat: serious liver damage with no available treatment. Now, scientists have ...

Scientists from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) have created the first lab‑grown esophagus—the food pipe—shown to safely replace a full section of the organ and ...

Your gastrointestinal tract, including the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus, is a driving force in your health -- or in the development of all sorts of ...

In the first post of this series, I described what happens to the human body at ground zero of a 10 to 15-kiloton nuclear detonation: the zone within 800 meters of the hypocenter. There, the thermal ...

More people are dying in the Dallas County jail now than in recent history, and many were likely preventable deaths that ...

Physical and psychological recovery and beyond ...

Joe Reader is running the London Marathon to raise awareness for Coeliac UK and help fund crucial research which could lead to more diagnoses.

Most people experience a hernia as a bump under the skin. They occur when an internal organ, most often the small intestine, ...

Here’s what upper stomach pain is, what commonly causes it and when to seek care.

After false starts and incremental gains, scientists crack the problem that made breathing impossible. Will answers come fast ...