Turns out we’ve been walking around with an organ we never knew existed. So, congratulations to us. Scientists recently discovered that the mesentery, which was previously believed to be a group of ...

The gallbladder plays a quiet but critical role in digestion, and when this organ malfunctions, it sends specific distress signals that require attention.

Lupus affects different people in different ways. Many people with lupus have problems with their digestive system. How does lupus affect the digestive system? The digestive system includes the ...

Advances into understanding stem and progenitor cells and organoids of the gastrointestinal tract have continued apace. New research published in 2015 identified new cell populations involved in liver ...

Do you have constipation, diarrhea, distension or abdominal pain? Do you see undigested food in your stool or is your stool excessively foul-smelling? Perhaps you don’t think of yourself as a person ...