Cook Medical has announced it has received FDA clearance for its Evolution colonic controlled-release stent, according to a news release. The new stent is designed to be used to palliate uncomfortable ...

But do our bodies actually need help clearing out waste, or is this ancient practice actually a health risk? We asked the experts to separate fact from fiction. This article is general information ...

Researchers at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine have uncovered a key primary step in the hepatic ERK pathway that leads to increased insulin production. While their previous work ...

A global research collaboration has revealed how certain gut cells switch on pain signals, which can linger long after the initial trigger has passed, potentially contributing to chronic pain in ...

One of the many alternative health treatments available is a procedure called colonic irrigation or hydrotherapy, which removes waste from the colon using filtered water. Hydrotherapists believe waste ...

COPENHAGEN — People with precancerous colonic lesions show significant differences in their gut microbiome compared to the general population up to 5 years before the lesions develop, according to a ...

Vanderbilt researchers, including those from the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, have made significant strides in understanding how the enteric nervous system—sometimes called the "brain" of the gut—forms ...