Let’s talk about the topic everyone experiences but no one wants to admit: mucus in your poop. It sounds alarming, feels weird, and definitely isn’t the highlight of your day, but it’s way more common ...

Experts say that the non-invasive test could reduce pressure on the NHS by cutting waiting times for a colonoscopy and ...

Gut transit time, a key biomarker for digestive health, varies significantly between individuals. The study in BMJ's Gut ...

Crohn’s disease, a long-term inflammatory bowel disease that currently cannot be cured, causes repeated flare-ups of symptoms ...

A recent cohort study published in JAMA Network Open by Klaassen-Dekker and colleagues has shown that bowel-related symptoms ...

Colorectal cancer is a serious health issue, affecting more young people. Early detection is vital for survival. Changes in stool, like thinness, mucus, or blood, can be warning signs. Persistent ...

Background Mucociliary clearance (MCC) is critical to lung health and is impaired in many diseases. The path of MCC may have an important impact on clearance but has never been rigorously studied. The ...

We’ve all been there. After doing what you had to do in the bathroom and flushing, there is still a brown streak on the bowl. Using a toilet brush might not be a favorite activity, ... The post Expert ...

A variant of the Aeromonas bacterium promoted colon inflammation in mice and was detected in stools and colon tissue from patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). Suspecting that gut-resident ...

Other than skin cancers, colon or colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women. Doctors say the risk of developing it increases with age and is mostly diagnosed in adults over 50 ...

What was meant to be a routine health check-up turned into a life-changing moment for Tengku Nazeehah Tengku Mahmood. She had always been in good health with no underlying illnesses, so cancer was the ...

Trishana Horton is a Case Manager on the PanCAN Patient Services team. She talks with people who call and email Patient Services about everything from the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer ...