Natural ways such as dietary changes, stress management, water intake, and an active lifestyle can be helpful to improve digestion.

A man in Taiwan who accidentally swallowed an Apple AirPod got a big surprise after it passed through his digestive system, the Daily Mail reports. Ben Hsu reportedly fell asleep with both AirPods in ...

The time it takes for ingested food to travel through the human gut - also called transit time - affects the amount of harmful degradation products produced along the way. This means that transit time ...

Discover the fiber-packed staples that act as "internal sweepers," helping you beat bloating and stay regular without the ...

Your digestive system isn’t just processing your lunch – it’s running a sophisticated intelligence operation that could save your life by detecting diseases years before they show up anywhere else in ...

Millions of neurons in the gastrointestinal tract coordinate their activity to generate the muscle contractions that propel waste through the last leg of the digestive system, according to a study of ...

Chemical digestion occurs when the body uses enzymes to break down certain molecules, such as carbohydrates. This process allows the bloodstream to absorb smaller molecules to transport around the ...

You may be familiar with some of the more notable symptoms of menopause, like changes in menstruation, hot flashes, and sleep disturbances. The same hormone changes ...

For decades, medical understanding of Parkinson’s disease focused exclusively on the brain, specifically the death of dopamine-producing neurons that control movement. This narrow view shaped ...

Scientists in the U.S. and Italy have discovered that fragments of the stomach enzyme pepsinogen, which when activated normally help to digest proteins in our food, also have antibiotic activity that ...