Your pancreas sits behind your stomach. It produces enzymes and hormones that help you digest food and that regulate blood sugar. (Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Your pancreas is shaped like an ...
If you've been paying attention to ever evolving world of gut health science over the past few years, you'll be well aware that your digestive system does far more than simply break down food. That ...
Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...
The human gut, housing approximately 40 trillion microbes, serves as far more than a digestive organ—it functions as a complex ecosystem that fundamentally influences hormonal health, particularly in ...
STUDIO WITH DETAILS. MIN. WELL, DEB, A GASTROENTEROLOGIST AT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, SAYS IN A NORMAL CYCLE, HORMONES INCREASE AND DECREASE, ESPECIALLY DURING CERTAIN TIMES IN A WOMAN’S LIFE, LIKE ...