Long-segment Hirschsprung's disease is more severe because nerve cells are missing from most of the large intestine. Rarely, the entire large intestine and part or all of the small intestine lack ...

What's left of the food goes into your large intestine. And guess what? It's about 15 feet shorter than the small intestine. Ironic, huh? But at three to four inches around, it's wider ...

According to the National Institutes of Health, between 600,000 and 900,000 Americans have ulcerative colitis, a chronic ...

Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel ... It’s also commonly found in the first section of your colon, or your large intestine. Untreated Crohn’s can lead to life threatening ...

Specialists from the Digestive System Department at Hospital Germans Trias have conducted and published a unique study that ...

A significant challenge in treating some diseases of the digestive tract is the healing of the inner lining of the intestine, explains Okamoto. His team sees organoids as a possible solution.

The disease can occur at any age but is most ... With ulcerative colitis, only the innermost lining of the colon (the large intestine) is affected, and inflammation of the intestine does not ...