Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is to absorb nutrients from food and transfer ...

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is the first hospital in the Washington, D.C. region to offer bedside intestinal ultrasound (IUS) to monitor ...

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is the first hospital in the Washington, D.C. region to offer bedside intestinal ultrasound (IUS) to monitor ...

Published as part of a prospective cohort study spanning 2017 to 2023, the findings reveal that intestinal ultrasound (IUS) provides a more accurate prediction of complications such as prematurity, ...

Sean Gibbons, a microbiologist at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, joins The Excerpt to discuss what bowel movements, or a lack of them, reveal about our health. Hit play on the ...

The following is a summary of “Intestinal Ultrasound Findings and Their Prognostic Value in Early Crohn’s Disease – a Copenhagen IBD Cohort Study,” published in the March 2025 issue of the Clinical ...

This allows them to examine the small bowel and take a biopsy if necessary. MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging. It produces pictures from angles all around the body and shows up soft tissues ...