stomach

How our children’s guts can affect their adult health

A baby’s gut bacteria shape her health, and may partly explain rising rates of asthma, allergies and obesity

The new era of gut research

Scientist Giulia Enders on the gut’s power to alter our immune system, weight, moods and memory

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Gut wrenching

Millions suffer from gastrointestinal problems—reflux, bloating, diarrhea. There’s a lot more at stake than a sore stomach.

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Feeling the burn

Afflicting millions— even babies—chronic reflux is becoming the epidemic of our times

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The brain-gut connection

Treatments usually prescribed for mental illness are now being used for physical pain

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Giant bug census

Trillions of bacteria live in the human body. How do they affect gut health?

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Eradicating a bad bacteria

Will we be better off when H. pylori is gone for good?