Drinking alcohol can irritate the intestinal tract and speed up digestion, increasing your risk of diarrhea. Here’s why and what you can do to find relief.

A recent study by a team from Chiba University has demonstrated a promising approach for fighting antibiotic resistance by identifying a compound, V-161, that inhibits a sodium-pumping enzyme critical ...

Colon cancer remains one of the most prevalent yet often undetected forms of cancer, developing silently in the large ...

Passing gas up to 20 times a day is completely normal. When your farts get more frequent, though, it could mean something ...

When is food simply nourishing and enjoyable, and when does it provoke an allergic reaction? The answer appears to lie in the ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

The human immune system is like an army of specialized soldiers (immune cells) each with a unique role to play in fighting ...

This discovery sheds light on how tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells adapt to their location in the body, ensuring a ...

After months of stomach pain and bottles of ulcer medicine, you are scheduled for an endoscopy. A gastroenterologist will ...