The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in ...

RESET® is a minimally invasive, endoscopic, outpatient procedure designed to reduce weight and improve cardiometabolic health conditions such as Type 2 ...

Figure 1. Rearranged digestive tract after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Ingested food and drugs pass through the gastrojejunal anastomosis into the jejunum, effectively bypassing the absorptive ...

Feeding Tube Size and Placement Site Two important things to consider when administering medications through a feeding tube include the tube size and placement site. The outer lumen tube diameters ...

The small intestine consists of three sections: the duodenum, jejunum and ileum. It measures about 20 times the length of the animal. Secretions from the pancreas and gallbladder aid in digestion ...

The gut microbiota is now considered as one of the key elements contributing to the regulation of host health. Virtually all our body sites are colonised by microbes suggesting different types of ...

Phlorizin (PHZ) is one of the main pharmacologically active ingredients in Lithocarpus polystachyus. We have previously shown that PHZ inhibits the replication of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), ...