Capsule retention may lead to unexpected results ... The mucosa of the GI tract and, in particular, the small bowel are sensitive to NSAIDs. NSAIDs can cause several lesions that can be seen ...

Capsule endoscopy has revolutionized the investigation of small-bowel disease and seems to be superior to scintigraphy and conventional procedures for small-bowel evaluation. Nevertheless ...

Schulmann K, Hollerbach S, Kraus K et al.: Feasibility and diagnostic utility of video capsule endoscopy for the detection of small bowel polyps in patients with hereditary polyposis syndromes.

Guided capsule endoscopy could pave the way for the future of endoscopic examination of the stomach, according to the findings of a feasibility study by Jean-Francois Rey and colleagues.

Most people get enough vitamin D from their diets. If you don't, supplements can help fill your nutritional gaps. But not ...

One capsule of Culturelle Digestive Daily Probiotic ... such as diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This supplement also contains 200 milligrams (mg) of the prebiotic inulin, which ...

01/2014: Small bowel biaxial measurement and viscoelastic model to be ... published in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 05/2012: Robotic capsule endoscope (RCE) research published in ...

A new procedure using tiny cameras inside a pill to help detect bowel cancer is to be tested in North Yorkshire. Health bosses said the ColoCap study would see up to 1,000 patients swallow the ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a broad term that describes various conditions that cause longstanding inflammation of different parts of the digestive system. Although small and large ...

Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is being increasingly used to investigate small bowel pathology. It is the gold standard for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia. VCE has ...