While you may feel like the same person day after day, science tells a fascinatingly different story. Your body is in a ...

It’s not always obvious which of the multitude of species of bacteria riding around in us should be classified as germs and ...

Ever wondered what really goes on after you eat? From the moment food enters your stomach, it's a wild journey of digestion ...

It’s not always obvious which of the multitude of species of bacteria riding around in us should be classified as germs and ...

With a rising prevalence of gastrointestinal issues among Americans, Live It Up broke down the five most common conditions.

The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in ...

Much remains unknown about the novel coronavirus ripping through China, but one thing is certain. The disease can cast a storm over the whole human body. Such has been the nature of past zoonotic ...

After we inhale these particles, they can travel through the body and end up in various organs. Studies have found MNPs in human lungs, placentas, blood vessels, and bone marrow.

In fact, gastrointestinal epithelial cells (those lining the entirety of the digestive tract, not just the stomach) make up around 12 percent of the cellular turnover that the human body sees each ...

But the human brain doesn’t think you have just one stomach. In fact, the brain is very good at compartmentalising what you eat: such that when you undo the top button of your trousers and feel ...