Everyone has bacteria in their gut. They play a key part in digestion. But these bacteria live mostly in your large intestine, or colon, not your small intestine. When too many of the wrong kind of ...

New findings suggest that a protein known as Reelin could play a role in treating both “leaky gut” and severe depression.

Pulsing movements in an embryo are crucial to helping intestines grow into the wonder tube that it is, a study finds. By Veronique Greenwood In the grayscale of a laboratory video, the little tubes ...

Mesenteric artery ischemia is a condition that restricts blood flow to your intestines. Three main arteries, called the mesenteric arteries, supply blood to your small and large intestines. Narrowing ...

Between the billion-dollar probiotic-supplement push, probiotic additives in food (probiotic chips!), and recent studies linking gut health to everything from mental well-being to cancer, the ...

A 63-year-old man was having a routine colonoscopy when doctors saw a fly in his intestines. Doctors said it was a "mystery" how the fly had gotten in there and remained intact. Insects can enter the ...

Researchers sheds light on a face-off in the intestines between the immune system and a bacterial pathogen whose family members cause gastrointestinal disease and the plague. The team's insights may ...

Do you know that many times all kinds of dirt keeps collecting in your bowels without any external symptoms? And when this dirt becomes excessive (after a while), then you are at increased risk of ...

A new study reports that bacteria found in the intestines of Japanese tree frogs show remarkable promise in treating colorectal cancer. A research team from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and ...

Mel Bremner had to scoop up her intestines after they fell out of her stomach when her C-section incision split open in the shower. SWNS A new mom was left cradling her own intestines after her ...