The colon is an important part of the digestive system, and what goes through it can affect its long-term health in ways that ...

The US humorist Christopher Morley once described the human body as “an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing”. He wasn’t wrong: from our cardiovascular and lymphatic systems to our guts and urinary ...

When the buzz on colon cleanses ramps up on social media, so do inquiries from patients. Here’s what physicians need to know.

Exercise may significantly reduce the risk of colon cancer returning in patients after treatment, a new study has found. The late-phase trial, published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine ...

A novel treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is on the horizon, with the discovery that two specific gut microbes ...

(It’s recommended that women eat roughly 25 grams of fiber each day while men consume about 38 grams, but most adults eat roughly 10 grams of fiber each day.) Decades ago, researchers found that ...

Scientists at University of California San Diego have developed a new approach to destroying cancer stem cells—hard-to-find ...

Study findings suggest using the drug PF-06409577 to restore CDX2 in colon cancers could cut risk of recurrence and death by up to 50%.

Treatment for Hirschsprung disease typically involves a surgical procedure known as a pull-through procedure to remove a section of the colon. Some people may also need ostomy surgery. Hirschsprung ...