THE surgical procedure of partial gastrectomy with gastrojejunostomy often creates an aftermath of problems. Two of those most frequently encountered are chronic diarrhea and failure to gain weight.

CHICAGO — Real or perceived, a growing number of consumers claim to be lactose intolerant, and as a result, avoid all dairy products. Processors are discovering that eliminating lactose — a ...

Lactose is a crystalline, white powder that has a slightly sweet taste. It is a disaccharide that is comprised of galactose and glucose, and it is commonly used as an excipient – that is a filler or ...

ALTHOUGH it is now generally conceded, that disaccharides may be absorbed intact at appreciable rates from the lumen of the small intestine, as found for maltose by Waymouth Reid in 1901, very little ...

Food can bring people together. But sometimes specific foods can cause a great schism. A good example is milk, and the condition known as 'lactose intolerance'. How did we end up with the situation ...