All dog owners will assess the consistency of their dogs’ stools daily while picking them up. If you have a dog with soft ...

Colorectal cancer is increasingly affecting more people under the age of 55. ThedaCare wants to address that by encouraging people to take advantage of diagnostic screenings that may help with […] ...

Every dog owner has done it. You pick it up. You squint at it. You think, "Is that… normal?" And then you immediately wish you had never looked that closely in the first place. But here's the truth.

If you’re struggling with your bowel movements, there could be a different reason that you've not heard of causing the nasty problem. According to the NHS, one in seven adults in the UK are suffering ...

Constipation is often treated as a simple plumbing problem, too little movement, too much delay. But emerging research suggests that, in some people, the culprit may not be sluggish muscles or faulty ...

Forget fibre – a new cause of constipation has been discovered: it may be down to the presence of two bacteria in the gut. In this “bacterial constipation“, the harmful microbes consume gut mucus that ...

Have you ever noticed your stool looking greasy, floating unusually, or leaving an oily film in the toilet? While it may feel awkward to talk about, oily stools are not something to ignore. Medically, ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified two gut bacteria that appear to work together to trigger chronic constipation. The microbes, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have found two gut bacteria working together that contribute to chronic constipation. The duo, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, ...

For most people, talking about poop is uncomfortable, but if you live with ulcerative colitis (UC), a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), it’s unavoidable — and it’s a crucial part of disease ...