Various cells in the stomach secrete digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid. These substances break down food so the body can absorb nutrients. The stomach is a muscular organ in the upper abdomen ...

The stomach vacuum exercise involves breathing out air while sucking in the stomach to engage the core. It is an isometric exercise to strengthen the core muscles. The abdominal muscles, part of the ...

It’s hard to imagine living without a stomach. Besides being one of our noisiest organs, gurgling and churning to let us know it’s time to eat, the stomach contains strong acids and enzymes that help ...

A shy, proud, slight (105 lb.) man, known professionally as Tom, is the owner of one of the strangest stomachs in existence. This stomach was the subject last week of a book (Human Gastric Function; ...

Bile is a greenish-yellow liquid made and released by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It aids in the digestion of food and fluids by breaking down fats into fatty acids. Your body then takes ...

Ever get a gut feeling about someone, or I anxious butterflies in your stomach? That's because you have a second brain in your bowel, according to Michael Gershon, M.D., author of The Second Brain ...

Scientists have found that when the stomach and brain are synced too strongly, it may signal worse mental health, linking anxiety, depression, and stress to an overactive gut-brain connection. The ...

IF YOUR SOCIAL media feeds are filled with dumbbell curls and hot takes about training tempo, the same algorithm that might have served you this article has also likely been populated with clips of ...

Stomach cancer usually starts with precancerous changes in the stomach’s inner lining. Precancerous conditions are changes that occur in the body that may lead to cancer. Several precancerous changes ...