For the first time, scientists have unraveled just how high levels of fructose affect the body, flipping a genetic switch as it's broken down – one that primes your immune system to overreact to ...

A healthy gut is essential for proper digestion and nutrient absorption. Nutrients from food support physical development, ...

New areas in microbiome research; here researchers discuss the essential role that the microbiome plays in early life health ...

Welcome to the second installment of "Cancer and the Gut Microbiome: A Miniseries". Here, we focus on how the microbiome ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to take a fresh look at whether it’s ...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Immunotherapy has recently emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy both for ...

The activists who lobbied for decades against the ban on blood donations from the queer community can finally celebrate the removal of this stigma – a relic of the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

Prebiotics and probiotics work together to help maintain the gut flora. The gut flora, or gut microbiome, is the ecosystem of ...

I was quickly diagnosed with a wheat allergy, so for 11 years, every time I would get sick, I thought I had been contaminated by wheat.” Debbie Nichols does not remember the tick that transmitted her ...

A healthy gut helps efficiently absorb essential nutrients like protein, iron, magnesium, and B-vitamins, which are critical ...

Discover the critical importance of vitamin B12 in combating fatigue and maintaining overall health. Cardiologist Dr. Alok Chopra explores dietary sources, deficiency signs, and the risks for ...

Research suggests that thanks to their nutrient content, chia seeds can offer health benefits such as reducing the risk of ...