When bones are cooked, they become brittle and can break into sharp pieces when chewed. These sharp fragments can: Cause ...

An intestinal pseudo-obstruction usually results from issues with the nerves or muscles that control the intestines. Learn ...

The journey of digesting the food starts from the mouth itself and ends in the large intestine. In the digestive track, the ...

In cases of fast transit, the resulting stool is loose with high water content. This indicates that the faecal matter has not ...

Gut transit time varies from one person to the next. Recent estimates suggest it can take somewhere between 12 and 73 hours ...

Slow gut transit can also cause partially digested food to get stuck in the small intestine. This has additional health ...

Nick Aylott, lead bioinformatician at the Oxford University Microbiome Research Centre, explains the importance of the time it takes food to pass through the stomach and intestines and how to ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can significantly increase how much toxic chemicals plants and human ...

Tens of thousands of tons of food purchased through a federal program to feed hungry people overseas is stuck at a warehouse in Houston's port after President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause ...