Many gastrointestinal illnesses can have very similar symptoms, making them difficult to diagnose. There is one illness, however, that has received more attention online than others, and the ...

Cedars-Sinai researchers have developed a novel nutritional formula, mBiota Elemental, a palatable elemental diet (PED) that reduces the abundance of key gut microbiome taxa and improves symptoms in ...

Answer: E. The best treatment for bacterial overgrowth is dietary changes and antibiotic treatment for up to 6 months. Dietary changes may assist with the treatment of small bowel bacterial overgrowth ...

People with an underactive thyroid may have an increased risk of developing small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), a risk that may be reduced with thyroid hormone treatment, according to a ...

Q I’ve been having a lot of bloating and intestinal gas. A friend says this can mean that you have too much bacteria in your small intestines. How does that happen and how do you fix it? Also, I’m not ...

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A total of 169 patients (25 male) who met the Rome II criteria for IBS were evaluated in the Functional Bowel Disease clinic during the study period. Ninety eight (76 female) of these patients had ...

Pediatric intestinal failure occurs when patients lack the amount of intestine necessary for growth and development. As advances in treatment have led to better survival rates for children with short ...

Dear Doctors: I’ve been having a lot of bloating and intestinal gas. A friend says this can mean that you have too much bacteria in your small intestines. How does that happen, and how do you fix it?

Q I’ve been having a lot of bloating and intestinal gas. A friend says this can mean that you have too much bacteria in your small intestines. How does that happen and how do you fix it? Also, I’m not ...