Health Tips: Intestinal cleansing, also known as colon cleansing, healthy intestines not only improve digestion but also promote health. Know what is the first step to keep the intestines healthy.

Mental stress has long been linked to flare-ups of gastrointestinal conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Now, researchers have uncovered exact details of one way that stress can harm the ...

In 1920, Serbian-born inventor Nikola Tesla designed and patented what he called a “valvular conduit”: a pipe whose internal design ensures that a fluid will flow in one preferred direction, with no ...

Scientists produced 3-D looks at shark’s guts. By Veronique Greenwood The inside of a shark is full of curiosities, starting with rows of hardworking teeth that can be replaced by fresh ones ...

According to a new study, slowing the aging of your intestines may be vital to slowing overall aging. An experiment on zebrafish showed that if the aging of just that one organ was slowed through DNA ...

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis — moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle. For more than a ...

Organoid models of the small intestines are now a closer match to the cellular architecture of the human intestine, thanks to the work done by the Organoid group at Hubrecht Institute in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Baby Grace Martz is now 3 ...