In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Imperial have found that a higher-fiber diet stimulates the release of a key appetite-reducing hormone, in the ileum, part of the ...

Inflammatory fibroid polyps (IFP), also known as “Vanek tumors”, are rare interstitial lesions of the digestive tract 1. The lesion was first reported in 1949 and was called “submucosal granuloma with ...

An ileostomy is an opening in the abdominal wall that a surgeon makes to provide a way for the small intestine to release stool. After an ileostomy, a person’s stool will be loose or porridge-like.