Intestinal Disorders News

The risk for recurrence of pediatric ileocolic intussusception within 48 hours after enema reduction was low, according to recent study data.

Patients with cirrhosis and abnormal celiac serology could develop celiac disease, suggesting they should be screened for the disease, according to data from a new study.

Exercise and protein consumption positively correlated with gut microbial diversity, according to recent study data.

Patients with chronic constipation displayed a significantly greater risk for developing colorectal cancer and benign colorectal neoplasms, a risk that increased with constipation severity, according to study data.

Cadherin molecules were observed interacting with two proteins inside intestinal microvilli and may represent “the driving force for growing and tightly packing the brush border,” Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers reported.

Longer colonic transit time was associated with increased symptom severity in patients with chronic constipation and treatment with prucalopride improved bowel function and colonic transit time, according to new study results.

Somatostatin analogs effectively reduced bleeding in patients with gastrointestinal angiodysplastic lesions in a new meta-analysis of clinic trial data.

The elafin expression in the small intestine may have pathophysiological and therapeutic relevance in patients with gluten-related disorders, according to a recent study.

The presence of enteric infections at the time of vaccination impaired the immunogenicity of the oral poliovirus vaccine, researchers from Imperial College London have found.

The activation of insulin-like growth factor 2 enhanced T regulatory cell functions by suppressing other effector T cell activities and inhibiting allergic inflammation in the intestine, results from a an experimental model suggest.