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Woman diagnosed with rectal cancer at 29 shares her only symptom, has uterine transposition, a surgery to move her womb ...

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Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis or difficulty pooping when you’re not at home. The Germans have given a name to this ...

Plecanatide significantly improves abdominal pain, bloating, and bowel movement frequency among young adults with IBS-C, supporting a novel trisymptom endpoint.

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You might've heard too many eggs make you constipated. Influencers on Instagram claim it too. The United Kingdom has slang for it—being "egg bound." Eggs were once blamed for raising blood cholesterol ...

Constipation affects millions each year, but the good news is that small tweaks to what you eat can make a real difference. A study from King’s College London shows that foods like prunes, kiwis, rye ...

A massive long-term study shows that Mediterranean and plant-based diets can help prevent chronic constipation in aging adults. Surprisingly, the benefits weren’t explained by fiber alone. Western and ...