EUGENE, Ore. — With the holidays over and all the rich and fatty foods behind us, if your gut still is feeling a bit off, it could be bad bacteria. Bad bacteria from a questionable meal or ...

A new study shows how one kind of bacteria, Vibrio cholerae, triggers painful intestinal contractions by activating the immune system. The research also finds a more general explanation for how the ...

Poor gut health could increase the risk of dying early or being hospitalized by almost 10% for people with heart failure, and in the first year after being admitted to hospital with heart failure, ...

Scientists have now discovered how alcohol can switch off an immune "alarm system" in the gut, allowing bad bacteria to escape their natural habitat to flood into the liver, rapidly causing ...

Researchers found that very small numbers of gut bacteria can translocate to the brain in mice, particularly when gut barrier ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Key Takeaways Polyphenols act as prebiotics by encouraging the growth of good gut bacteria and inhibiting harmful bacteria.Probiotics restore balance in the gut by ...

A select "guild" of gut bacteria responsible for the benefits of high-fiber diets in type 2 diabetes has been identified in a study in which those patients on the high-fiber diet showed improved ...

A complete guide to the best probiotics for gut health, covering top strains, potency, and benefits to boost digestion, and ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising connection between gut bacteria and the development of ALS and frontotemporal ...

Scientists at Florida State University (FSU) have discovered a potential link between gut bacteria and the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease. An estimated 6.7 million older adults have ...

Immune cells (magenta) and cells expressing a reporter of immune stimulation (cyan), imaged in 3D in a live zebrafish larva. The cells are dynamic, and in our experiments we found that their ...