“The notion that spicy foods can irritate your stomach lining depends on whether you’re used to eating these foods,” says Dr.

If you're like most people (including me), you've probably experienced embarrassing travel-related tummy troubles. In fact, almost everyone I know has had one of those cringe-worthy "waste management" ...

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a wireless smart capsule packed with sensors and other tiny electronics to monitor the workings of your ...

Eosinophils are commonly detected in normal mucosal biopsies from all sites within the gastrointestinal tract where they are dispersed in the lamina propria and, to a lesser extent, in the epithelium.

Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can cause problems anywhere in your gastrointestinal (GI) tract. That's the system of organs, stretching from your mouth to your anus ...

Drug toxicity in the gastrointestinal tract is a common and serious medical problem; the number of drugs that can harm the gastrointestinal tract is impressive. The morbidity, mortality, and medical ...

As weight loss medications, including Ozempic and WeGovy, have gained popularity across the U.S., they are not without side effects, some serious. According to a May 2024 CNN report, as many as 1 in 8 ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is primarily a respiratory disease, as its causative agent, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), will typically infect epithelial ...

When people swallow a pill, they expect the medicine to quickly reach the source of their pain or illness, but how well medications can be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract is variable.

Researchers in the US have developed a platform that allows wireless ingestible devices to be tracked in 3D as they travels through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, which may provide a cheaper, less ...

Plastics were discovered in 1950 and, since then, have remained some of the most widely used materials in the world. Increased demand for plastics has led to the accumulation of these materials in ...