Now scientists in Japan believe they may have discovered an important reason why some constipation treatments do not work.

A woman in her 40s was diagnosed with stage 3b colorectal cancer seven months after giving birth. She initially mistook the symptoms for hemorrhoids.

Recognising these subtle body changes can lead to an earlier diagnosis, when treatment is more likely to be successful ...

Gastroenterologists share what your stool’s buoyancy can reveal about your digestion, diet, and overall health.

Colon cancer is now the deadliest cancer for people under 50, and researchers are scrambling to understand why rectal cases are driving the trend.

Frequency is another important indicator of health. Most people poop once a day, but the NHS advises that it’s normal to ...

If you want the quickest way to assess your dog's poop, focus on the four main criteria: 1. Consistency: Soft poop once in a while is common. Stress, a new treat, or a little table scrap can do it.

The health service constitutes constipation as being bowel movements that are fewer than three each week, which can lead to symptoms like painful cramps in the tummy area, straining to poo, or not ...

Two mucus-degrading gut bacteria may be quietly drying out the colon, triggering chronic constipation that doesn’t respond to usual treatments.

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 ...

There can be microscopic reasons for why you can’t go — specifically, the type of bacteria that’s living in your gut.

A new condition of "bacterial constipation" has been discovered, which might lead to better treatments if going to the loo ...