Your liver is essential to your good health. The liver is an important part of the digestive system. It performs more than 300 different function in the human body. Learn more about the liver.

New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounced differences possible between healthy individuals. The finding has implications for ...

The colon is part of the digestive system. It helps the body absorb water and nutrients from food before excreting the waste. It is made up of muscle and located just below the stomach. People ...

The Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS), or Bristol stool scale, is a chart that can help classify stools into seven groups. Characterizing the stool based on its consistency can help identify if it is a ...

Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, in cats is a serious, long-term illness. It affects different parts of your cat's digestive system and may even affect all of it. The pancreas and liver can also be ...