Some medications may disrupt the “good” bacteria in your gut microbiome, potentially affecting your digestive and overall health.

Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have been hailed as miracle treatments. But one in 10 people are what scientists call ...

Some 120 million to 130 million Americans — nearly half of US adults — are believed to take an over-the-counter pain reliever ...

New research shows that sourdough fermentation does more than make bread rise—it transforms wheat fibers in unexpected ways. Scientists found that enzymes already present in wheat, activated by the ...

Scientists at MIT have discovered that a little-known protein called intelectin-2 plays a powerful double role in defending the gut. The protein strengthens the mucus layer that lines the ...

A new LMU study shows how proteins function reliably even without a stable 3D structure—and the crucial importance not only of short sequence motifs, but also of chemical characteristics. Many ...

Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements.

The drugs have names that sound like small planets: semaglutide, liraglutide, lixisenatide. Collectively, they belong to a class of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogs that has reshaped the ...

Plus, how to tell if it needs healing in the first place.

A single receptor in blood vessels can trigger either harmful inflammation or protective healing, but scientists have struggled to understand how this is possible. UC San Diego researchers revealed ...