Doctors in Memphis are on the lookout for a parasite linked to severe diarrhea as federal health officials investigate a ...

Diverticular disease is a group of conditions in which tiny pouches form in the colon. The pouches are called diverticula. These pouches bulge out through weak spots in your colon. The pouches can ...

There are cells that line the intestine, and they form a crucial barrier that encloses the gut microbiome, and prevents ...

A simple 9-week delay for a critical medication resulted in a $50,000 surgical nightmare. Here is how healthcare bureaucratic ...

Your body absorbs alcohol much more rapidly after bariatric surgery. Patients need to know this when they choose the kind of ...

Your body absorbs alcohol much more rapidly after bariatric surgery. Patients need to know this when they choose the kind of ...

Nearly 70% of people who stop GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy regain much of the weight they lost, often within 18 ...

Newborn meningitis is one of the most dangerous childhood infections. It is often life-threatening and can cause serious and lasting damage, including developmental problems, in the children who ...

DETROIT, MI - After years of illness, a Michigan woman is recovering after receiving a rare two-organ transplant at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital, one of just 56 such procedures performed in the U.S.

Researchers have developed a stem cell-based model of the human intestine that may transform how new IBD treatments are discovered. After testing thousands of compounds, they identified glycyrrhizin — ...

When a juvenile humpback whale washed ashore near Yachats in November, spurring the community to action before the animal’s eventual euthanization, one main culprit was identified: crabbing gear, ...