PillTrek, a tiny wireless smart capsule created by Caltech, provides real-time gut health data by detecting electrolytes, ...

More companies are selling nutrition and health-testing services, and a WSJ reporter tried one. Things got weird.

Some medical experts recommend using the “5R approach” to help restore the gut’s microbiome, which may improve mood, reduce ...

The popular "fibermaxxing" trend promotes adding fiber-rich foods daily for gut health benefits, but experts warn that rapid ...

The gastrointestinal tract or digestive tract, also referred to as the GI tract or the alimentary canal or the gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food ...

Speaking about your bowel movements can be embarrassing, but gastroenterologists explain the significance and key indicators ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease, condition, or injury affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract. The GI tract includes the esophagus, ...

Despite considerable progress in gastroenterology in recent decades, the incidence of diseases of the digestive system ...

There isn’t any evidence that suggests bananas can cause constipation. However, people with sensitive digestive systems (like ...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, or GISTs, may be rare but in the world of digestive system tumors, they’re the most common of their kind. Unlike the more familiar adenocarcinomas, GISTs are a ...

Gastrointestinal Series in 1952 (A) gives no evidence of excessive gas in the gastrointestinal tract. A survey film of the abdomen (B) shows gas outlining the stomach, many loops of small ...