Flare-ups can occur at any time and are often triggered by various factors, including stress, certain foods, infections, use ...

If you live with Crohn’s disease, you’re already familiar with the incessant fatigue, abdominal pain, and diarrhea that comes along with a Crohn’s diagnosis. Crohn’s is an autoimmune disorder that ...

A "living glue" used by barnacles to attach to underwater surfaces could also seal gut wounds caused by inflammatory bowel ...

A pacemaker-like device may help those who suffer from bowel incontinence, or loss of bowel control, researchers say. The first person in the United States to receive the device since its approval as ...

Dear Doctors: I’m a 77-year-old man and was having trouble with hard stools. My doctor suggested a stool softener. It worked for about a week, but then I developed diarrhea. Over-the-counter diarrhea ...

Scientists warn only one type of cancer - with common symptoms which make it hard to diagnose - is becoming more deadly in ...

A breakthrough study has found bowel cancer cells can adapt to resemble skin and muscle cells, which allows them to spread more aggressively. Scientists hope the discovery, published in the study by ...

In a new pilot feasibility study, researchers from Mayo Clinic, the University of Washington School of Medicine, the ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...

SHENZHEN, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have engineered "smart living glue," which is composed of programmed bacteria that can navigate the gut, automatically find internal wounds and patch ...

IBS is a lifelong disease in which a person living with the medical condition experiences a group of symptoms affecting their ...