Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel disorder, is caused by genetic and environmental factors disrupting gut homeostasis. This Review describes the role of pathobionts in the ...

And every time I walk down the street or get on a bus I worry that people are judging me for how I look. Since starting ...

Everything was clear until an MRI in in August detected a small lesion. Doctors initially thought it could've been scar tissue from her previous surgery and scheduled another MRI for a month later to ...

I now have a scar ... colon to identify various blood vessels. Having cleared the veins away from above and below the tumour, I use electro-surgery as a nearly bloodless way of cutting the tissue ...

A doctor has revealed a 'common' bowel cancer symptom you should never ignore after This Morning star Trevor Sorbie passed away. Celebrity hairdresser Sorbie, 76, tragically succumbed to the ...

“Both hand-sewn and surgical stapling procedures involve penetrating tissue, thus invoking inflammation ... and it intends to target surgeries for colon cancer initially, then potentially ...

This was excised on March 10, 1943. The pathological report was scar tissue. A barium enema on March 9 showed no obstruction in the colon at the site of the operation. The patient was still well ...

He also noticed blood in his stool and just felt unwell. While he was bothered by this change, he thought he might have irritable bowel syndrome or something like ulcerative colitis. Still ...

While the swelling of your ankles and feet may be down to a number of issues - but it could also indicate cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is a condition which refers to scar tissue in the liver (SEBASTIAN ...