New research shows that eating potatoes in this form raises your risk of diabetes by 20 percent. Here's what you need to know. Not all potatoes are created equally, according to a new study that ...

Viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu) can make it difficult to eat or drink, but simple items like bananas, toast, crackers, ...

Stomach aches are common and have numerous causes ranging from gas to inflammatory bowel disease. The right diagnosis can lead to relief.

Air you swallow while eating and drinking is a common cause of farts. This happens when you chew quickly, sip through a straw, or talk while eating. If this air isn't burped out or absorbed, it ...

Donald Trump made a deliberate effort to hype his White House press conference on autism. Late last week, for example, the president boasted that he was poised to deliver an announcement that was ...

A new U.K. study found that following the Mediterranean diet was linked to lower gum inflammation. Eating red meat was especially associated with worse gum health. Mediterranean diet staples like ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Drinking too much caffeine can show up as fatigue, ...

At work or in our free time, we’re constantly using computers and/or electronic devices. But if we’re not careful, all that time can lead to physical injury. KERA’s Sam Baker talks about "tech-neck" ...

We all have our unusual food preferences, but it’s unlikely any are quite as weird as the craving experienced by a 36-year-old woman featured in a recent case report. Her doctors described how the ...

"Endo belly" is the nickname people use for the dramatic swelling that often comes with endometriosis. Your abdomen (belly) may stretch from under your ribs down to your pelvis, leaving your whole ...

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Have you been told to eat more fruit? There’s a good reason for that. “Whole fruits are a key recommendation for all healthy, balanced diets,” says Christopher Gardner, PhD, the director of nutrition ...