How do our bodies recognize the ingestion of unwanted bacteria and initiate vomiting? If you experience emetophobia (the fear of vomiting), it might be best to skip this article – or grab a bucket. A ...

The urge to vomit after eating contaminated food is the body’s natural defensive response to get rid of bacterial toxins. Researchers headed by a team at the National Institute of Biological Sciences ...

In a recent study published in Cell Reports, the researchers investigated the function of the gut-to-brain axis in defensive responses induced by toxins. Over the past few decades, there has been a ...

The human emetic response -- more commonly known as hurling, puking, ralphing, upchucking, or vomiting -- is a fairly simple process. In the retching phase, the abdominal muscles and the diaphragm ...