If you're always stressed out about the little things, you're not alone. Stress is a common factor in our lives, which means stress eating also plays a prominent role. We may have a comfort food that ...

In a recent study published in Science Robotics, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a robotic drug capsule, which they dub “RoboCap”, designed ...

I think it’s really cool when a clear pill has teeny tiny balls of medication inside it. I asked my friend Damianne Brand-Eubanks what happens after you swallow one of those capsules. She teaches in ...

To study the human gut and the microbes that live within it, scientists have a couple of options. They can grab a small piece of tissue from the gastrointestinal tract or collect a sample of fecal ...

Bloating doesn't discriminate who it plagues. Whether you live a healthy lifestyle or not, stomach discomfort is more common than you think. There are many aids you can turn to when you need to ...

Traditional oral capsule delivery medications cannot pass through the mucus barrier of the GI tract, which is why large protein medications, insulins, and nucleic acids need to be infused in a ...