Hard stool happens when your colon absorbs too much water from your stool. This commonly occurs with constipation, defined as having fewer than three bowel movements per week. Common causes include ...

MORE fibre, water and exercise – that’s the general advice we get to help speed up our bowel. But what if there is far more to it? And actually, the secret to going for a number two every ...

If you have trouble going number two, chances are someone will suggest downing a few cups of prune juice or eating a handful of prunes to get things going. It may sound like an old wives tale, but ...

Learn the common signs of eating too much fiber, why they happen, and how to increase fiber safely without digestive ...

The US has been dealing with a shortage of laxatives. But a doctor said she wouldn't recommend laxatives unless a patient had upped their fiber intake. Doctors recommend high-fiber foods such as ...

Most colorectal polyps are benign. However, large polyps can cause constipation and other symptoms and are more likely to be cancerous. Colorectal polyps are small growths that form on the lining of ...

Constipation is a condition in which there is difficulty in emptying bowels especially associated with hardened faecal matter. According to Dr. Ngami Mutwa a Physician at Machakos Level 5 Hospital, ...

Olive us poo — and some things can make that process even easier. Around four million people in the US suffer from constipation so searching for a reliable remedy can be a crap shoot. But people are ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have found two gut bacteria working together that contribute to chronic constipation. The duo, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, ...