DEAR DR. ROACH: In a recent column that touched on taking laxatives daily, you mentioned a sugar called lactulose that you recommend for constipation. I’m wondering if other sugars have the same ...

If you're guilty of this behavior, you're not doing your gut any favors.

The number of bowel movements you have in a day may be a significant indicator of how healthy you are. The frequency of a person's bowel movements can influence their health due to the impacts of ...

SEATTLE – Everybody poops, but not every day. New research by the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) suggests bowel movement frequency is linked to long-term health. An ISB-led research team examined ...

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Researchers examined the clinical, lifestyle, and multi-omic data of more than 1,400 healthy adults. How often people poop, they found, can have a large influence on one's physiology and health.

Dear Dr. Roach: In a recent column that touched on taking laxatives daily, you mentioned a sugar called lactulose that you recommend for constipation. I’m wondering if other sugars have the same ...