Good gut health is crucial for overall well-being—and modern science has revealed a deep connection between the gut and the brain. This connection is so strong that the gut is often referred to as the ...

BLOOM (TAMPA) – A 360-degree approach to gut health is essential for the mind, body and spirit. Gayle Guyardo, host of Bloom, sat down with Neuropsychologist, Dr. Bianca Vega, to discuss ways to ...

The world is so much bigger and more interesting than we can see with our naked eyes. If we could, we could watch cells grow, morph, and split again over and over again on the backs of our own ...

Lifestyle contributor Sherry Mukasa Matemachani discussed the gut-brain axis and its connection to stress, as well as tools and techniques for managing stress, such as the Nuna Emotion Tracker, ...

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 ...

At first glance, “trusting your gut” may seem intuitive, irrational, or even unscientific. However, science confirms that the digestive system is indeed “sensitive”; it contains its own autonomic ...

Researchers at the Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes are developing studies and medical interventions to understand the gut microbiome, which is being studied in the context of skeletal ...

When the liver fails, toxins—such as ammonia—that should be filtered from the blood build up and reach the brain. The result ...

Perhaps you have heard about the body’s second brain and wondered what it is. The name is a reflection of the complexity and number of neurons in the enteric nervous system, or ENS. The ENS controls ...