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

Gastroparesis (GP) refers to when the stomach takes longer than usual to empty its contents into the small intestine.

The resulting semifluid paste—chyme—is sealed in the stomach by two ringlike sphincter muscles for several hours and then released in short bursts into the duodenum. The first of three ...

After about six hours, your stomach sends that chyme to your small intestine. The small intestine’s job is to absorb nutrients from the food. It might be called small, but the small intestine is ...

3D spatial multimodal analysis exposed substantial immune and structural dysregulation of the duodenum in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.