Colonic irrigation, a treatment widely offered in health spas as a natural way to lose weight and detox the body, has no health benefits and can cause dangerous side effects, U.S. scientists said ...

(CBS) Colon cleansing may be all the rage among celebs, but a new study suggests a dirty truth about the practice: It doesn't work, and it can cause potentially serious health problems. "There can be ...

How clean is your colon? If you’re tempted to find out by getting a colon cleanse, don’t bother. You’re quite likely to develop complications from the procedure and there’s no evidence that flushing ...

Interested in getting a colonic? Experts advise that you flush the idea. Colon cleansing, also known as colonic hydrotherapy or colonic irrigation, is not an effective way to “cleanse” the body of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before I start, let me just get this out of the way: It's not as bad as you think. A colonic is a procedure where water is infused ...

Cleaning out the colon is sometimes deemed necessary — for example, before a medical procedure, such as a colonoscopy. But Killeen resident Maj. Yasmin Francis believes colon cleansing can help remove ...

Some of the body’s most important work takes place in one of the least talked-about locations: the colon. A healthy colon helps the body absorb nutrients from the foods we eat. It also helps eliminate ...

MOSCOW – A monument to the enema, a procedure many people would rather not think about, has been unveiled at a spa in the southern Russian city of Zheleznovodsk. The bronze syringe bulb, which weighs ...