2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (366+ words) What is fatty liver disease? In simplest terms, fatty liver is a result of excess fat buildup in the liver. In America, recent research has found that around 40% of Americans have the disease, with the Hispanic population having the highest…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (367+ words) Study findings could help guide new treatment approaches Written by Margarida Maia, PhD | Aug. 18, 2026 Changes in gut bacteria may be linked to Parkinson’s disease and can vary with age, disease severity, and medications, but more research is needed to understand…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago   (236+ words) Aug 18, 2026 | Company News, Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases, Information Technology | Century Health and GI Partners of Illinois have announced a strategic partnership to develop a real-world data ecosystem aimed at advancing research in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)....

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (111+ words) Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (2026) Cite this article A patient advocate asked what decades of fibrosis research meant for the people he represented. I had no answer. That question exposed a gap that the scientific community must now confront: between the…...

11+ hour, 51+ min ago   (227+ words) Steatotic liver disease occurring at a normal body mass index is increasingly recognized, yet whether this phenotype carries a different prognosis from the non-lean phenotype remains contested. We aimed to compare cardiovascular events and mortality between lean and non-lean steatotic…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago   (378+ words) Shoppers say they’ve discovered a new digestion hack, and some claim it has been helping them shed pounds, too. The supplement gaining traction is Physician’s Choice Digestive Enzymes, a blend of digestive enzymes, prebiotics and probiotics designed to “promote digestive…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (175+ words) The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published its position paper clarifying how microbiome-based medicines can be made available for patients in the UK. The purpose of the position paper is to encourage the development and licensing of…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (480+ words) PR Newswire Collaboration will generate longitudinal community-based datasets to unlock new insights into IBD and MASH for patients often missing from clinical research NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Health, a national leader in AI-powered real-world clinical data and…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago   (302+ words) The paper was published today, 18 August 2026, and is expected to give developers clearer guidance on the regulatory pathway for microbiome-based medicines. Microbiome-based medicinal products (MBMPs) are designed to modulate, restore or replace the human microbiome. MBMPs are attracting new interest…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (572+ words) Times-Standard Dear Doctors: I was at a wedding where, in his toast, the best man said that as well as a home, the couple would be sharing their gut bacteria. They’re all biologists, so it seemed like an inside joke....