Colonoscopy is what doctors consider the gold standard to test for colon cancer and polyps, or growths on the inside lining of your colon or rectum that can turn into cancer. Colon cancer is often ...

A three-year exercise program improved survival in colon cancer patients and kept disease at bay, a first-of-its-kind international experiment showed. With the benefits rivaling some drugs ...

The authors show that aberrant epithelial GREM1 expression remodels intestinal stroma to form ectopic stem cell niches in mice. Anti-GREM1 reversed these changes, highlighting a potential strategy ...

Anorectal manometry was performed in 37 patients and the presence of an inhibitory anal reflex was demonstrated in all of them. One patient refused the examination. All patients were submitted to ...

What is Hirschsprung’s disease? Hirschsprung's disease (also called colonic aganglionosis) causes a blockage of the large intestine due to improper muscle movement in the bowel. It is a congenital ...

Objectives: Diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) is characterised by elevated colonic lumenal serine protease activity. The aims of this study were (1) to investigate the origin of ...

With colon cancer rates rising throughout the world, particularly in adults under 50, finding a way to lessen the chance of getting the disease — or keeping it from returning after a diagnosis — is at ...

According to Mike Garafolo, the Lions are signing OL Trystan Colon to a one-year deal. He’ll add some extra depth at center for Detroit following the retirement of Frank Ragnow. Colon ...

medkem.gu.se Conclusions Normal human sigmoid colon has an inner mucus layer that is impenetrable to bacteria. The colon mucus in animal models that spontaneously develop colitis and in patients with ...

Glycerin as a second-line stimulant in pediatric colonic manometry induces high‐amplitude propagating contractions more effectively than bisacodyl alone. Pediatric patients who receive glycerin as a ...

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RELMβ binds to bacterial lipids and forms a membrane-permeabilizing pore that lyses the targeted bacterial cells. In mice lacking RELMβ, Proteobacteria are more abundant in the inner mucus layer of ...