A few years ago, doctors began noticing something unusual about many patients who were later diagnosed with Parkinson disease.

Most people think of the gut as a digestive organ. Something that processes food, absorbs nutrients, and occasionally causes ...

For years, women were taught to think about muscle as cosmetic. Something tied to appearance, weight, or fitness culture. But in midlife, muscle becomes something far more important: a foundation for ...

The gut-brain connection is a two-way street. The brain has a direct effect on the stomach and tummy troubles can also send ...

People who work the nightshift or odd hours and eat at irregular times are more prone to weight gain and diabetes, likely due to eating patterns not timed with natural daylight and when people ...

For years, mental health was seen as something that started and ended in the brain. But an expanding field of research is revealing a key player in the story of our emotions: the gut. The trillions of ...

New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of California ...

Brain cells are increasingly being found outside the brain, and now researchers have identified specific neurons in the abdomen that control some aspects of digestion. Not all brain cells are found in ...

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