Type 2 diabetes has long been framed as a story of calories, weight and willpower, but a growing body of research is shifting ...

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by extreme mood changes. Individuals diagnosed with BD ...

The gut microbiome is intimately linked to human health and weight. Differences in the gut microbiome—the bacteria and fungi ...

You’ve heard of probiotics and prebiotics, but the next big gut health trend is postbiotics — the powerful byproducts your ...

Gut bacteria rapidly adapt to processed food additives, revealing how modern diets can reshape microbial evolution worldwide.

Patients experience significant changes in gut bacteria at the onset of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new international ...

Gut microbiome composition may be shaped not only by an individual’s own genes but also by the genes of their friends ...

Postbiotics are more than probiotic "waste," they're actually beneficial for your body, and you can get them from many of the foods that keep your gut bacteria healthy.

If gut bacteria are too similar to the protective layer of nerves, they can misdirect the immune system and cause it to ...

A bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when administered intravenously, outperforming current standard therapies and paving ...

Scientists studying thousands of rats discovered that gut bacteria are shaped by both personal genetics and the genetics of ...

Last year as many as four million Americans consumed about $3 billion worth of probiotic supplements — living bacteria — in ...