How can we effectively communicate the importance of small intestine health to the public and to policymakers to prioritize research and prevention efforts?

This article examines associations between gluten, polymorphisms of the major histocompatibility complex, and mucosal pathology representative of the spectrum ... You can live without a large intestine - something that comes as a shock to many people. The large intestine or colon has one primary role, water and ... Courtesy of the Des Moines Register In a tiny cup in a cramped, concrete block office, a billion-dollar idea sits, small enough to fit about 2,000 of itself ... Small intestine. Enzymes. Enzymes. To prevent the sensitive intestinal villi, located in the small intestine, from becoming overburdened, the food will not get ... C178 Overlapping lesion of small intestine. C179 Small intestine, NOS. Note 1: The following sources were used in the development of this schema. SEER Extent ... It lies between the stomach and large intestine, and receives bile and pancreatic juice through the pancreatic duct to aid in digestion. The small intestine is ... Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is defined as the presence of excessive bacteria in the small intestine. SIBO is frequently implicated as the cause ... Most people who have a small bowel resection recover fully. Even with an ileostomy, most people are able to do the activities they were doing before their ... Carcinoid tumors commonly arise in the ileum, with most occurring within 60 cm of the ileocecal valve; however, an increasing proportion of carcinoid tumors are ... The bowel is part of your digestive system. It's made up of the small bowel (small intestine) and the large bowel. The large bowel is made up of the colon and ...