Colon cancer, once considered a disease of the elderly, is now rapidly affecting young people as well. Previously, this ...

Breaking wind in public washrooms, the time you spend when taking a dump in the office toilet – all of it can become a point ...

Many patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from abdominal pain even between acute inflammatory flare-ups.

THE festive period calls for celebration, spending time with friends and family and, above all, overindulgence when it comes ...

Your belly hurts. The diarrhea keeps coming. And you certainly don’t feel like eating. These are telltale signs of colitis. But which kind? Colitis is a term used to describe inflammation in your ...

Poop anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they're all terms for what's medically known as parcopresis or difficulty ...

Changing lifestyles have increased the prevalence of many diseases around us, one of them is Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) ...

One doctor suggests easing colonoscopy concerns by sharing the experience. Oct. 20, 2008 — -- Hardly a week goes by that I don't hear about someone losing the battle to colon cancer. And each and ...

Your colon plays a vital role in your well-being, absorbing nutrients and fluids from food and helping your body get rid of what you don’t need. But when problems arise, you may be reluctant to seek ...

India is witnessing a sharp rise in colon cancer among people in their 20s and 30s. Doctors report aggressive tumours, late ...

There are four types of ulcerative colitis. Proctosigmoiditis is one of the types that affect the lower end of the colon. Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can flare up ...

WHEN Ciára McManigan was given “48 hours to live” she thought back to her GP telling her she just had a case of piles. “My ...