Dr Sethi, a gastroenterologist, shares nine things he 'refuses to gatekeep about everyday foods'. He says rice itself is not bad; it's about how you eat it.

Here’s an interesting take on gut health: a recent study from Loyola University Chicago shows how heavy drinking and serious burns mess up the good bacteria in your gut, causing big health problems.

A good meal can turn bad real fast—sometimes before you even take the first bite. They can send you running for the nearest ...

Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

The most common types of prebiotics include fibers like inulin, fructooligosaccharides (FOS), and galactooligosaccharides (GOS). Prebiotics occur naturally in a variety of plant-based foods, which ...

It’s not always obvious which of the multitude of species of bacteria riding around in us should be classified as germs and ...

From fecal transplants to phage cocktails, scientists reveal how gut viruses could unlock precision medicine for digestive diseases and beyond.

A herbal mouthwash selectively killed off bad bacteria in the mouth while preserving the good strains, according to a new ...

Researchers have found a natural mouthwash that seems to kill off nasty germs while nurturing friendly microbes.

Mouthwashes have long bragged about killing 99.9% of germs in your mouth, but Rutgers Health researchers suggest this ...