Ingestible smart capsules deliver medication directly to specific gut locations using microscopic needles and targeted drug ...

Olivia LaFond, a Carnegie Mellon University senior majoring in biomedical and chemical engineering, created a 3D-printed device based on tapeworms designed to attach to the small intestine and deliver ...

Silica nanoparticles may make oral insulin possible by safely enhancing drug absorption through the intestinal wall in obese mice.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A tabletop magnet game imported by an Ohio company is being recalled nationwide after federal safety ...

A popular tabletop magnet chess game sold nationwide is being recalled because the small magnets inside could cause serious ...

Often labeled a “natural Ozempic,” berberine is widely discussed as a metabolic aid. Yet research suggests its influence may lie deeper. In recent years, berberine has gained significant attention as ...

Most people experience a hernia as a bump under the skin. They occur when an internal organ, most often the small intestine, ...

A 16-year-old girl compulsively ate so much of her own hair that surgeons had to remove a giant, shoe-sized hairball from her stomach. The hairball weighed 500g – the same as a block of butter – and ...

Police have arrested three persons for allegedly stealing copper wires from a power station of the Electricity Department ...

A host of tiny microbes common to both human mouth and gut microbiomes have been shown to capably diffuse several hazardous ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known ...