A mystery which has stumped bowel cancer researchers for decades, has been solved by scientists at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute and University of Glasgow. Generations of doctors and ...

Neurogenic bladder and bowel occur when nerve damage causes you to have difficulty controlling your bladder and bowel. If left untreated, they can cause serious complications. However, treatment can ...

Inflammatory bowel disease, often called IBD, is a group of long-term conditions that cause inflammation in the digestive ...

A protein in the immune system can be manipulated to help overcome bowel cancer, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). Bowel cancer claims more than 100 lives in ...

A revolutionary vaccine that could prevent cancer for people at high risk of bowel and ovarian cancer has been developed.

Bowel retraining is a program that helps people who have chronic constipation or a frequent loss of bowel control. It involves trying to go to the bathroom at the same time every day in an attempt to ...

They appear to protect the gut from the kind of runaway inflammation seen in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis ...

The Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS), or Bristol stool scale, is a chart that can help classify stools into seven groups. Characterizing the stool based on its consistency can help identify if it is a ...

Researchers have discovered a protective mechanism which is used by the body to protect intestinal stem cells from turning cancerous. The body's innate immune system was found to play a pivotal role ...