The bacteria living in your gut are not passive passengers. A sweeping new review finds they actively shape your blood pressure by churning out metabolites that reach your arteries, immune cells, and hormonal systems.
Your colon undergoes a slow molecular transformation as you age, and the warning signs are written in both your genes and your gut bacteria. A new integrative study of 238 human biopsies has mapped that transformation in unprecedented detail.
A gut bacterium thriving at high altitude can switch on the body's calorie-burning brown fat, cut white fat storage, and help mice stay warmer in the cold. The finding opens a surprising new angle on obesity treatment.
In patients with systemic sclerosis, what happens in the gut may foreshadow what happens to the heart. A new study from the GENISOS cohort shows that early gastrointestinal symptoms predict specific cardiac complications years down the line.
When liver cancer stops responding to immunotherapy, the gut microbiome may hold the key to restarting it. A small but striking clinical trial found that transplanting stool from immunotherapy-responsive donors restored tumor control in nearly half of patients who had run out of options.
Eating more oats and chicory-derived fibers could do more than support digestion. A new study of people genetically predisposed to Crohn's disease links beta-glucan and inulin intake to meaningful protection against developing the condition.
You fall asleep easily, sleep a full eight hours, and wake up feeling okay. But a sweeping review of 32 studies suggests your afternoon coffee may be quietly erasing the deepest, most restorative phase of your sleep.
A new study finds that PAH patients who harbor Lactobacillus in their gut tend to have less severe heart and lung damage, pointing toward the microbiome as an unexpected lever in a notoriously difficult disease.
The calorie counts on food labels have been calculated the same way for over a century, and they largely ignore your gut microbiome. A new model from Arizona State University just changed that math dramatically.
A single bacterial gene in your gut may be quietly tipping the scales between tumor growth and immune defense, and the molecule at the center of the fight is an amino acid most people have never heard of.