Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

Forget juice cleanses and 10-day detoxes — doctors say the smarter way to feel better fast starts in your gut, and it doesn’t require starving, suffering or giving up real food. The gut isn’t just ...

Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...

Lauren Manaker is an award-winning registered dietitian, book author, speaker, and entrepreneur. She has been practicing dietetics since 2004, and has worked in a wide variety of settings. She earned ...

Duodenitis is an intestinal condition caused by inflammation in the lining of your duodenum. It can sometimes happen along with gastritis, which is inflammation in your stomach lining. When they ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

The beta cells in our pancreas act as highly sensitive sensors that constantly measure the amount of sugar in our blood. As soon as we eat something and the sugar level rises, the beta cells produce ...

Finding information used to be a lot like fishing. You had to hunt in so many different places. And if you didn’t fish in the right place, you wouldn’t catch what you were looking for. But now you can ...

Onions are vegetables that belong to the genus allium and are closely related to garlic, shallots, and leeks. The average person consumes roughly 20 pounds of this pungent and versatile food per year, ...

This weekend will offer a chance to see a rare celestial event—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all aligned in the sky like beads on a string ...