The digestive system is like a big food factory inside our bodies. Its job is to break down the food we eat into smaller pieces so that our bodies can absorb the nutrients from the food to help us ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

In the 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage, a group of scientists ventures inside the body of an injured colleague to save him from a life-threatening blood clot. They get a front-row seat to the ...

Artificial intelligence is helping to deliver earlier and better diagnoses of digestive cancers, but many challenges remain to widespread clinical application, not least limited sharing of medical ...

Scientists now understand the gut and brain are intricately linked via the gut-brain axis, a two-way communication system. This connection, influenced by the gut microbiome and the enteric nervous ...

Live Science is bringing our readers a monthly series on personal health goals. We'll give you tips and tricks for reaching those goals, based on the advice we've gathered from the many health experts ...

A new study from the University of Waterloo uses mathematical modelling to examine how Vitamin C affects chemical reactions in the digestive system that are linked to cancer development. Over th ...

An introduction to the amazing functions of the human body's digestive system. An introduction to the amazing functions of the human body's digestive system. Our continued survival as individuals and ...