While boogers can potentially tell you something about your health, they're not a perfect diagnostic tool, and this myth is a ...

Among the various viruses that sicken your gut, some at least leave behind a tiny path of cellular destruction as they replicate, implicating the guilty pathogen. Both rotavirus and norovirus invade ...

Scientists have discovered that gut bacteria can feed on the protective mucus lining your intestines, producing potentially ...

Airway mucus is part of innate lung defense, but when production overwhelms clearance, it obstructs airflow and worsens ...

Mucus does more than cause congestion. It is highly beneficial to our health, trapping pathogens and protecting the body from infection. But a recent post on Instagram claims mucus has no benefits.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Curious about your snot? Plenty of people take a peek at what winds up in their tissue after a good nose blow, but doctors say ...

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The body is filled with mucus that keeps track of the bacteria. Now, researchers present a method for producing artificial mucus. They hope that the artificial mucus, which consists of sugary ...

So, although A. muciniphila is not a pathogen, it can remove too much mucus under the wrong conditions. Our research is the first complete example of how mucus is broken down by this bacterial species ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to slime scientist Antonio Cerullo at the City University of New York about the benefits of mucus. OK, get this. The human body produces at least one liter of mucus every day.

Mucus plugs on chest CT may signal higher COPD hospitalization and death risk even without cough, and early data suggest they can be treated.

My nose is blocked, and I can't really smell anything.I have thick, green nasal mucus that also drips down into my ...