Other than the telltale signs of weight changes, shifts in gut functions or the immune system may also indicate underlying ...

Just about all parents have heard their child say, “I don’t feel well. I can’t go to school.” When that happens, you have to decide whether it's just an excuse to miss a math test or something more ...

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are prevalent in adults, adolescents, and children. They are also known as disorders of gut-brain interaction. FGIDs cause sensitivity and a host of ...

Digestive disorders are medical conditions that affect how the digestive system functions. They can be acute or chronic. Gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn's ...

Common digestive issues include constipation, diarrhea, bloating, and the feeling of an unfinished bowel movement. These are often symptoms of different digestive disorders, such as irritable bowel ...

New treatments for intestinal failure and other intestinal absorption disorders are a step closer to the patients who need them after a discovery showing that butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid, helps ...

Various factors, ranging from eating habits to digestive or gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, can cause stomach symptoms, such as vomiting, cramps, and changes to stool. The GI tract consists of the ...

Reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Hormones control essential processes like growth, metabolism, mood, and ...

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Vol. 13, No. 6 (1965), pp. 410-420 (11 pages) This is a prevalence study of the relationship between psychoneurosis and chronic diseases, viz., musculoskeletal, ...

Everyone has bacteria in their gut. They play a key part in digestion. But these bacteria live mostly in your large intestine, or colon, not your small intestine. When too many of the wrong kind of ...