Research suggests that the bacterial community residing in our mouths may potentially influencing the development of Alzheimer's disease.

The digestive system is the series of tubelike organs that convert our meals into body fuel. There are about 30 feet (9 meters) of these convoluted pipeworks, starting with the mouth and ending ...

In this collection, sponsored by Procter & Gamble, Scientific American Custom Media explores the latest periodontal research and its surprisingly broad implications on whole body health and ...

Welcome to the human digestive system! Join Dr Chris, Dr Xand and Dr Ronx as you travel through the digestive systems from the mouth … to the bum! Discover how the human body munches, crunches ...

Find out about the different stages of a human life cycle and ... Discover how the food gets into the body, through the digestive system. What happens to food in your mouth? Find out how the ...

Researchers discovered that when Covid-19 infects a human cell, it sets off a ghoulish ... on the surface of the cells that line humans’ mouth, nose, respiratory tract, lungs and blood vessels.

Phages also turned up in the mouth, lungs and skin ... “They’re in a partnership.” In the human body, for example, phages typically don’t exterminate their host bacteria.