Ileus: When your colon can't move to push food and waste out of your body, it’s called ileus. Learn causes, symptoms, and treatments of this condition.

Bowel cancer is no longer just a disease of the elderly. In Australia and around the world, there's been a concerning rise in ...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic condition that affects the functioning of the digestive system, especially the large intestine. Characterized by a series of uncomfortable and recurring ...

"Lazy bowel" is a term for slowed digestion. ... Stimulant laxatives encourage peristalsis, a series of muscle contractions that the body uses to move food through the digestive tract.

The first diagnosis of intestinal CD often relies essentially on endoscopy and histology. However, for disease limited to the small bowel, imaging, blood and fecal tests, as well the clinical ...

The answer to the question “How often should you poop?” isn’t exactly straightforward, depending on several contextual factors, experts say.

In the last instalment of the gut health series, we cover irritable bowel syndrome, food sensitivity, and bowel cancer. Credits. Georgia Stynes, Presenter; ...

Most cases of bowel cancer still occur in adults over 50, and thanks to a national screening program in this age group, rates are declining. So why are rates increasing in younger people, ...