A study by New York and Rocky Mountain U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs researchers showed blast exposure can cause intestinal permeability, a condition that can lead to gut bacteria entering the ...

Digestive symptoms are easy to ignore—partly because they’re common, and partly because no one loves talking about them. But gastroenterologists say some of the issues people are most likely to brush ...

While gut problems like discomfort after meals or feeling unusually heavy may not be serious in nature, doctors say these problems have increased in recent times due to changes in the way people live ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, remains a major clinical challenge owing to its complex pathophysiology and clinical management: it is a ...

Early life stress may lead to digestive issues later in life, driven by changes in the gut and sympathetic nervous systems, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A microscopic image of a hookworm egg that can cause intestinal problems in humans. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Intestinal ...

Tissue from pig intestines is key to a new procedure performed by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill doctors as an alternative to major surgery of people with fistulas. Fistulas are holes in ...

Scientists from New York University have found that stress suffered in early childhood provokes long-term changes in the ...

In the management of Crohn’s disease, a key objective — preserving the bowel by reducing the need for multiple resections — ...