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

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Keeping a healthy mix of friendly microbes in the gut - known as eubiosis - is crucial for good health. When that delicate balance is thrown off ...

small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus. The symptoms relate to the organ affected and can include obstruction, abnormal bleeding and other associated problems. tRNA modifications are ...

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Seckin. He adds that “90 percent of bowel endometriosis cases involve the pelvic portion of large intestine (the rectum and the sigmoid colon); the other 10 percent involve the appendix and ...

Sphincters are ring-shaped muscles that open and close to regulate the flow of substances, like food, liquid, and waste, through passages in the body. There are over 60 types of sphincters in the ...

By the 1960s, further research revealed that Vitamin D obtained from sun exposure is biologically inert and has to be ...

Despite possessing extremely dangerous venom, the tree snake can only endure the enemy's "heavenly" pecks to the eyes and ...

It might last longer than some soft tissues, like the intestines, but it often liquifies faster than many other soft tissues. But there are the outliers, brains that have survived decades ...