Irrational antibiotic use damages mucus barrier, leading to intestinal inflammation, as shown in recent Science Advances ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) frequently causes mucus in stool. As part of the digestive process, the intestines secrete a gel-like mucus to lubricate the intestinal walls and ease the passage of ...

Mucus — less elegantly known as snot — may be annoying when you're sick, or when it feels like you have too much of it, but your body needs it to stay healthy. Technically, mucus is a sticky ...

Several claims of medicinal benefits of different fruits-vegetables combo are being made, some of which are unscientific and ...

Seeing bright red blood in your stool can be unsettling. But don’t panic just yet. Understanding what causes blood in stool ...

A new study in mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suggests that common antibiotics may increase the risk of ...

Shai Bel and his research team at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University have uncovered crucial insights into how antibiotic use increases the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Cutting sugar and starch-loaded foods from your diet can provide relief from several troublesome IBS (Irritable Bowel ...

Researchers have found that a history of repeated antibiotic use causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier of the gut, due to antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota.