Developing personalized approaches to dietary and lifestyle interventions to optimize cecal health.

The large intestine, a critical component of the human digestive system, plays a pivotal role in absorbing water and electrolytes from undigested food, forming and storing feces, and harboring a vast ...

The ascending colon is on the right side of the abdomen and starts at the cecum. It absorbs water and nutrients from partially digested food and turns it into stool. In this article, learn more about ...

Credit: Getty Images A 29-year-old man undergoes a total proctocolectomy with end-to-end ileostomy after 2 years of surveillance for ulcerative colitis. A 29-year-old White man presents in May 2023 ...

High-quality cleaning, rate of colonoscopy termination due to inadequate preparation, and overall successful cleansing do not vary between individuals with vs without obesity. Obesity and body mass ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;27(1):76-80. In agreement with previous studies, the present results showed that constipation was a predictor of lower cecal intubation rates. Church reported a ...

Background and Aim: The technical performance of colonoscopy performed in deeply sedated patients differs from that performed without sedation or under minimal to moderate sedation. The aim of this ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

Family physicians' colonoscopy rates decreased from 11.32% in 2016 to 6.73% in 2021, influenced by patient demographics and financial factors. TAS-102 plus bevacizumab is cost-effective in China but ...

The following is a summary of “Smartphone Application Versus Standard Instruction for Colonoscopic Preparation: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” published in the December 2024 issue of Gastroenterology ...

From the Surgical Service of the New Haven Hospital. Read before the Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society at Burlington, Vermont, September 29, 1934. Harvey, Samuel C. — Professor of ...