Gut health experts decode what’s really behind the smell, sound and frequency.

Whether you find farting funny, disgusting or like to pretend you never do it, it's a bodily function we all perform. Also known as passing wind among other, less polite names, on average we produce ...

Even though it can be embarrassing and the subject of juvenile jokes, farting is a normal part of the digestive system. It's how you release excess gas from your gastrointestinal tract—a necessary ...

It's natural for cats to fart if gas builds up in their digestive tract — just like people and dogs. Frequent or foul-smelling gas could mean your cat ate spoiled food or has a parasite or feline IBD.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – What happens when you hold in a fart? Clare Collins, a professor of nutrition and dietetics at the University of Newcastle says it comes right out of your mouth. Collins, who ...

In a nutshell (a foul-smelling one), scientists have found that gut bacteria use hydrogen gas from flatulence to convert bile ...

A fart a day keeps the doctor away. Breaking wind while in the company of others might seem like the height of rudeness — it was even ranked one of the worst house guest behaviors by a UK survey — but ...

Burps happen when air from your stomach travels back up your food tube – called an esophagus – to your mouth. Air gets into ...