The way in which the body processes cholesterol affects the risk of cardiovascular diseases. LDL cholesterol is obtained from saturated fats in food and from hepatic cholesterol synthesis. Its ...

Prev Cardiol. 2003;6(1) © 2003 Le Jacq Communications, Inc. Cite this: The Intestinal Absorption of Biliary and Dietary Cholesterol as a Drug Target for Lowering the ...

The accumulation of fats in the liver is driven by high-fat diets and obesity, and is becoming an increasingly prevalent global health concern. Characterized by excessive fat accumulation in the liver ...

Malabsorption refers to the reduced absorption of nutrients from the intestine into the bloodstream. It can affect the body’s ability to absorb all nutrients or some specific types of nutrients.

Your intestine completely rebuilds its inner lining every few days—one of the fastest renewal processes in the human body.

The gut microbiome is an important ecosystem of microbes that lives in each one of us, and its strength affects our overall health. However, the small intestine is an underappreciated part of the gut ...

Disorders of gut–brain interaction, such as irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia, are increasingly linked to ...