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

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

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

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

Japanese study links gut bacteria to chronic constipation. Bacteria eat colon mucus, causing stools to dry and harden. Blocking bacterial enzymes may offer new constipation treatments. Did our AI ...

A novel test based on the levels and composition of certain proteins in mucus, called mucins, may help assess lung health in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Extra mucus in your throat and chest is a common ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) causes recurrent inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract. While tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have emerged as an effective ...

A Uniontown mother is demanding answers after she says her son was hit in the head with a wooden stool by his classmate. Elizabeth Osburn and her 14-year-old son told KDKA-TV the incident happened on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A video of two seventh graders at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Uniontown is circulating on social media. In the video, you ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

Abstract: Airway mucus plugs are a key clinical feature of respiratory diseases. Their precise identification and evaluation significantly impact asthma management, aiding diagnosis, treatment ...