The digestive system is the series of tubelike organs that convert our meals into body fuel. There are about 30 feet (9 meters) of these convoluted pipeworks, starting with the mouth and ending with ...

The mouth starts the digestion process by breaking food down into a more easily digestible form. It does this through a combination of mechanical and chemical digestion. After people take food in ...

The autonomic nervous system orchestrates the functions of internal organs such as the heart and gut, serving as a connection between the brain and the rest of the body. It is classified in two ...

"There's quite a bit of evidence that anxiety, worry, and stress can play a major role when it comes to gastrointestinal function," says Ashkan Farhadi, MD, a gastroenterologist at MemorialCare Orange ...