The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland that plays a crucial role in regulating many of the body’s essential functions. Most people are unaware of the connection between the thyroid and ...

What are digestive enzymes and do we need them? Digestion is the chemical and mechanical process of breaking down ingested food into smaller chunks. These pieces are then absorbed from the digestive ...

When meals are taken late at night, the body is not in an optimal state to process food effectively, which can have both ...

New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounced differences possible between healthy individuals. The finding has implications for ...

The digestive system’s rhythms are controlled by body clock genes, as well as lesser-known regulators called noncanonical clock regulators. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine aimed to ...

The digestive system does far more than simply process food. This complex network serves as the foundation for overall health, influencing everything from immune function and brain health to energy ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

In the 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage, a group of scientists ventures inside the body of an injured colleague to save him from a life-threatening blood clot. They get a front-row seat to the ...

In late January 2020—when Covid-19, then known as 2019-nCoV, had yet to penetrate most national borders—a research paper was published in The Lancet medical journal detailing the symptoms of a cohort ...