A four year-long research study has found that particles secreted by an intestinal worm may assist in treating inflammatory ...

She blamed irritable bowel syndrome, constipation and even a tight bra. Looking back, she had some classic symptoms of colon ...

Rutgers Health researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), are chronic conditions ...

Laxatives are substances that either loosen stool or stimulate a bowel movement. They can also accelerate intestinal transit, ...

Rectal cancer starts in the rectum, which is the last 12 centimeters (nearly 5 inches) of the colon. It’s where the body stores stools until you have a bowel movement. The location also matters ...

A wider-gauge tube, the large intestine, also known as the large bowel, includes the colon and rectum. It can reach about 5 feet in length if laid flat, the National Institutes of Health notes.

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a combination of digestive symptoms, including ...

In Europe alone, approximately 2 million people live with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), and their incidence has ...

An IBEC-led study describes the development of an innovative method to control the formation of crypt-like structures and villi in the intestine using a contact protein printing technique.