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 ...
BLOOM (TAMPA) – Alexander Lake, DO, a gastroenterologist at AdventHealth, joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom, to shed light on one of the most ...
The gallbladder acts as a storage sac for bile, a digestive fluid made by the liver. When a person eats, especially fatty ...
Using new technology, researchers at UC Davis and Stanford University are able to study microbes and metabolism in different parts of the human digestive system for the first time. (Getty Images) Most ...
In general, it will take four to six hours for your stomach to digest food. However, it can take between 2 to 5 days for food to move through the intestines and exit the body. You can't speed up ...
Scientists have developed a special capsule that people can take like a pill, and it will move through the digestive system collecting data on metabolism and digestion. The work has been reported in ...
This story is part of a series exploring human anatomy and physiology complexities. Each story in this collection showcases discoveries reshaping our understanding of the body's inner workings, ...