(Marsell Gorska Gautier/E+/Getty Images) No one expected her abdominal pain after childbirth to have such an extraordinary ...

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 ...

Researchers sheds light on a face-off in the intestines between the immune system and a bacterial pathogen whose family members cause gastrointestinal disease and the plague. The team's insights may ...

Inside the African clawed frog, intestines grow just like humans’: neatly coiled counterclockwise. Experiments now show how that process can go awry. Interfering with tadpoles’ metabolism leads to a ...

A hernia can cause constipation. A hernia may lead to a partial or total blockage of the intestines, which can result in constipation. However, a total blockage requires immediate medical attention. A ...

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 ...

Ileus is a lack of movement in the intestines that can lead to pain, nausea, bloating, and other symptoms. Abdominal surgery is a major risk factor. If complications develop, ileus may be life ...

In this quick science lesson, I challenge you to touch your stomach and then reveal that most people are actually pointing to ...