As anyone who's eaten cabbage can likely tell you, the vegetable has a way of playing tricks on the stomach afterward. This ...

The rumbling noises your stomach makes are called borborygmi. The rumbling noises your stomach makes are called borborygmi. They are caused by contractions of the smooth muscles that line the ...

Sometimes my stomach growls so loudly that other people can hear it. It’s pretty awkward in meetings. I asked my friend Ed Johnson why that happens. He teaches classes about the human body in the ...

Everyone has had that awkward moment when their stomach growls loudly during a meeting or a quiet class. While it might feel embarrassing, stomach noises are usually a sign that your digestive system ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

If every era has a characteristic condition, ours is indigestion. According to the National Institutes of Health, incidence of inflammatory bowel disease increased by about 10 percent between 2000 and ...

It is said that when a couple is in love their hearts beat as one. Well, if they have just shared a meal, their bodies will digest as one, perhaps, causing digestive noises at all ends of the ...

Your stomach just let out a sound that echoed through the office. Or perhaps you felt a rumble you cannot quite explain. Your immediate thought? Something’s wrong. You reach for a bottle of antacids ...