Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your stomach and your intestines.

The brown color of poop comes from the bile that is added by the liver to your bowl of cereal as it makes its way through the small intestine. The bile is changed by bacteria from green to brown.

Digestion and breathing may seem unrelated, but they are intimately connected. Here's how they work together to support health.

A new biobattery could power ingestible cameras in the small intestine. Tech companies have developed many devices that work outside the body, such as cell phones, smart watches, tablets and ...

Health Intestine cell transplant may one day help ease digestive issues Patches of intestinal tissue grown from the cells of mice contract similarly to the muscles in the digestive tract.

Although not a process that takes place directly in your digestive system, pears are also one of the foods that can balance out blood sugar levels, helpful in keeping your entire system healthy.

Positive associations seen for celiac disease, SLE, T1D with pancreatic, esophageal, colon, liver, and hepatobiliary cancers.