Genetic differences in the immune system shape the collections of bacteria that colonize the digestive system, according to new research by scientists at the University of Chicago. In carefully ...

What goes on inside your digestive system? Your body needs food to stay healthy, but how does it turn food into the nutrients you need? Dive inside the Digestive System and find out.

When Alexis St. Martin was gravely injured on what is today, Mackinac Island, little did he know that this injury would help to change the world of gastroenterology (specialists in organs of your ...

A vibrating pill that could trick your stomach into thinking it’s full could someday offer an obesity treatment that doesn’t rely on standard medications or surgery. The device has not yet been tested ...