A clinically significant association exists between fructose and fructan malabsorption in certain patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), indicating that some may benefit from eliminating both ...

Doctors will typically diagnose short bowel syndrome early in life or from surgery required due to another health condition ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of 186 patients with IBS, 38.2% and 48.9% tested positive for fructose and fructan malabsorption, respectively.

Intestinal absorption of 59 Fe-labeled hemoglobin was measured in children with severe dietary iron deficiency and in iron-replete controls. Absorption was impaired in all the iron-deficient children ...

October 20, 2010 (San Antonio, Texas) — Fructose intolerance or malabsorption is a common but often undetected cause of recurrent abdominal pain in children, but the problem can be effectively ...

Malabsorption of short-chain carbohydrates and an early rise in breath hydrogen after lactulose challenge do not necessarily indicate a chronic intestinal disorder. “Fructose malabsorption is a normal ...

In vivo studies have shown that indole-3-acetic acid is derived from tryptophan by at least two pathways. Tryptophan may undergo transamination to indolepyruvic acid, which in turn is degraded to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This study identified several biochemical abnormalities associated with celiac disease (CD) antibody positivity ...

The last stage of digestion is excretion. When you have bowel movements, you are removing all the material from food that your body couldn't use. Typically, your body has already removed essential ...

Stool is denser than water and may sink, but it can float depending on composition, including its fiber, fat, and gas content. This can be normal or could stem from an infection, irritable bowel ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 67-year-old female in pretty good health. The only medications I take are for my thyroid, arthritis and hormone replacement. Early last year, I was sick with a cold/flu for a ...