Colorectal Surgeon at Mwin Tuba Hospital and Colorectal Center, Professor Jonathan Dakubo, has urged Ghanaians not to ignore any signs of bleeding in their stool, warning that it could be an early ...

Blood tests that detect early cancer are coming to market. Could they lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment?

“Sitting on the toilet with your phone is giving people hemorrhoids,” he said. Indeed, a recent study published in the ...

A lot of people don't realise it, but the condition of gut health determines the state of our overall health. People who maintain an otherwise balanced diet, may still experience gut inflammation, ...

Queensland Health is investigating after five people were hospitalised with symptoms of ingesting rat poison in the South ...

When Erica Barnell was an MD/PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis, she met a woman who had stage four colorectal cancer (CRC). The woman was only 52 years old—more than a decade younger ...

Piles affect women due to pregnancy and lifestyle factors. Early signs include painful bowel movements and rectal bleeding. Lifestyle changes manage s ...

Children diagnosed on the autism spectrum are more likely to have gastrointestinal problems than neurotypical kids, a new ...

New IBD research shows that, even during clinical remission, people living with Crohn's disease continue to experience greater work impairment than the general population ...

The colour of your poop can tell a lot about your diet and digestive health. Dr Kunal Sood has revealed what these changes may signal about underlying issues.

On the gut health side of TikTok there's a genre of videos where people jokingly celebrate having a "ghost poop" -- a bowel movement where the first wipe comes back clean. Some have gone so far to ...

Consumers have testing options beyond the once-a-decade colonoscopy. But some doctors question Cologuard's testing program.