This story is part of a series exploring human anatomy and physiology complexities. Each story in this collection showcases discoveries reshaping our understanding of the body's inner workings, ...
Dear Doctors: I’ve been having a lot of bloating and intestinal gas. A friend says this can mean that you have too much bacteria in your small intestines. How does that happen, and how do you fix it?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher Damman, University of Washington (THE CONVERSATION) Microbiome research to ...
Increased meat in ancient hominin diets, beginning about 3 million years ago, meant that guts (large and small intestines) could become shorter because they could extract more expeditious calories in ...
The terms "intestinal barrier" and "intestinal permeability" describe two different aspects of the same anatomical structure, the intestinal wall composed of four layers, the mucosa, the submucosa, ...
Mounting evidence is shedding light on the many benefits of resistant starch—from reshaping the gut microbiome to preventing certain diseases. Resistant starch is a type of carbohydrates that is able ...
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