Losing weight is often seen as a fast track to better health—but there’s a line between healthy habits and harmful extremes.

Ivory Coast health authorities have declared a cholera outbreak in the capital’s outskirts, reporting seven deaths and dozens of infections within days. This has reignited fears of a larger health ...

Prenatal exposure to trace elements like selenium, copper, and arsenic can significantly alter the infant gut microbiome, ...

In most cases, seeing undigested food in your stool is nothing to worry about—especially if it’s from high-fiber foods or a ...

Watching what passes through your gut gives useful health clues sometimes. Stool look and quality show what is happening ...

Various symptoms can be warning signs of an unhealthy gut. Learn what to look for and how to improve your gut health if yours ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round yeast) colony. The thin fluid halo surrounding the yeast enables the bacteria ...

Researchers have been working toward using the gut microbiome as a clinical target for screening for colorectal cancer. This ...

Carbon source-dependent control of bacterial growth is fundamental to bacterial physiology and survival. However, pinpointing the metabolic steps important for cell growth is challenging due to the ...

Remedies such as prune juice, abdominal massage, how you sit on the toilet, and more can help you poop quickly now and ...