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

Burmese pythons possess a remarkable ability to swallow and digest prey significantly larger than their heads. This ...

Not unlike a Supreme Court justice, I have previously hallucinated that the Founders were offering me their insight into the present moment, and I will probably do it again. James Madison, a little ...

Mounting evidence is shedding light on the many benefits of resistant starch—from reshaping the gut microbiome to preventing certain diseases. Resistant starch is a type of carbohydrates that is able ...

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When it comes to intestines, it sure seems like two are better than one. I asked my friend Franck Carbonero why that is. He’s a microbiologist at Washington State University. He studies the bacteria ...

Angiodysplasia of the colon refers to swollen blood vessels in the colon that may weaken and rupture, resulting in bleeding and lesions. Angiodysplasia may lead to various complications. However, it ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

A man who just had surgical staples removed from his stomach “forcibly” sneezed, causing his incision site to rupture Getty A man who had recently had abdominal surgery sneezed out parts of his large ...

FLORIDA (WKRC) - A Florida man sneezed out several loops of his large intestine at a public diner. According to Newsweek, citing a recent paper in theAmerican Journal of Medical Case Reports, a ...