The esophagus, which is not normally exposed to acid, adapts to acid reflux by becoming more like the stomach or the ...

“The hydration multiplier maximizes your water uptake by using the sodium and glucose co-transport across the stomach while ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, cultivated a beating heart structure with human cells in a pig embryo, reporting ...

A hormone produced in the gut, FGF19, has been shown to act directly on the brain to boost energy expenditure, burn fat and ...

Advanced lab-grown tissues help show how special lung cells develop, shedding light on rare ACDMPV disease and suggesting ...

Up to half of patients with Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, develop a complication called fibrosis, where the ...

Explains the process of digestion, detailing how food is transformed into simpler substances that can be absorbed into the ...

Colon cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is a type of cancer that develops in the colon or rectum, the last part of the large intestine. It often starts as small, noncancerous clumps of cells ...

Love Island start Toni Laites is best known for her dramatic entrance into the villa, but behind the glamour she is battling ...

Scientists have found microplastics in human semen and follicular fluid, according to new research on a small group of adults ...

A study of twins reveals two gut bacteria linked to multiple sclerosis, offering new targets for future treatments.