Gut yields clues to more than digestive health, experts say

Gut yields clues to more than digestive health, experts say

The gut, including the esophagus, stomach and both intestines, yields clues to digestive health but also plays a role in other medical conditions and supplies important information to the brain, experts say. The gut has a distinct nervous system, and researchers are studying whether its neurons, which can be collected during a colonoscopy, can be used to diagnose neurological diseases without requiring invasive biopsies. The Wall Street Journal (1/17)

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