Medically reviewed by Kumkum Sarkar Patel, MD The large intestine absorbs water and nutrients from food waste.Constipation, diarrhea, and hemorrhoids commonly affect the large intestine.Eating more ...

When it comes to intestines, it sure seems like two are better than one. I asked my friend Franck Carbonero why that is. He’s a microbiologist at Washington State University. He studies the bacteria ...

The human body may seem like a single, self-contained system, but it actually hosts trillions of microscopic organisms. These ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a broad term that describes various conditions that cause longstanding inflammation of different parts of the digestive system. Although small and large intestines ...