It takes about 24 hours for food to make its way through your digestive system. Your body needs food for energy, vitamins and minerals. But food needs to be broken down into a substance your body can ...

Your digestive system starts its job even before you eat your first bite. The digestive system consists of the parts of the body that work together to turn food and liquids into the building blocks ...

Flutters, knots and other stomach sensations tied to nervousness are all examples of the gut-brain axis in action.

When birds migrate over long distances to and from their breeding grounds, it takes more than strong flight muscles and an innate knowledge of where they're going. According to a University of ...

There are many supplements aimed at improving our digestive health and it may be difficult to pick the right one for you. Particularly when it comes to probiotics vs digestive enzymes, you may be ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles pervasive in agricultural environments, interact with and disrupt the microbial ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has made a breakthrough in gastric ...