Cleveland Clinic digestive health experts come to the rescue with "maneuvers and techniques," as they say, to get things ...

Sean Gibbons, a microbiologist at the Institute for Systems Biology, joins The Excerpt to discuss what bowel movements reveal ...

“Several dried fruits are known to help with constipation, but the most well-known are prunes,” says Rabia de Latour, M.D., a ...

Adults of all ages should be aware of the symptoms of colon and rectal cancer and report them to a doctor. Here's what you need to know to prevent colorectal cancer or catch it when it's most ...

Colorectal cancer is no longer a disease of older people. People in their 50s, 40s and younger are increasingly being ...

How often you poop is highly personal, but there is a range that’s considered “normal.” Now, research suggests that the range ...

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis - moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle.

Research in mice identifies protein responsible for regulating gut movement in response to pressure, exercise, and ...

Probiotics can improve constipation by stimulating bowel movements to allow stool to move more quickly through the gut.

She was healthy, young, active and had no risk factors for colorectal cancer, but there were warning signs. "It can happen to anybody, and we still don’t know why," her surgeon says.