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• Dietary Supplements for Celiac Disease

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• What Is Cholecystitis?

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• Lab-Grown Human Colons Change the Face of Colitis Study

  For the first time ever, scientists have been able to artificially create an organoid—a mass of cells and tissues—that accurately reproduces a naturally developed human colon. The research was conducted at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and senior study investigator James...

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• What to Expect After a Laparoscopy

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