Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a group of symptoms that can cause abdominal pain and ...

Bowel cancer in people under the age of 50 is increasing worldwide and scientists are striving to find out why.

In a study published in Nature Immunology on January 6, a research team led by Prof. Qian Youcun from the Shanghai Institute ...

New preclinical research suggests that bowel preparation procedures for colonoscopies may temporarily alter gut balance, ...

Water is often dubbed the elixir of life, and for a good reason. It is a crucial component of our bodies, making up about 60 percent of our total body weight. Every cell, tissue and organ in our body ...

Targeting a single nerve promotes healing in rats with chronic intestinal inflammation. Can the same strategy work in humans?

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna has investigated a possible link between ...

Do you or a runner you know suffer from inflammatory bowel disease? It’s likely, considering about 3.1 million adults in the United States suffer from inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, according to ...

China creates ingestible, luminous microspheres that detect intestinal bleeding and are retrieved with a magnet, a ...

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