Bowel habits vary from person to person. However, sudden changes can indicate an underlying health condition, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For some ...

Health experts estimate that nearly 14,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cervical cancer, with more than 4,000 ...

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Oncologist Dr. Sarah Cate told Newsweek: "Many women simply don't make time for themselves, since they are working and often ...

Talking about bowel movements can be embarrassing. If you think something is "off" with your routine, you may not feel comfortable comparing your schedule for number two with friends. Yet ...

Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or back passage (rectal cancer). It is also called colorectal cancer. This section is about treatment for colon cancer that hasn't spread to ...

A glass of milk a day could help keep bowel cancer away – or so finds a study by Oxford University and Cancer Research UK. The research suggests that increasing daily milk intake by as little as ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a term that encompasses two chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract—ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Symptoms of both forms of IBD overlap and include ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder that can cause diarrhea, constipation, and bloating. In addition, IBS pain may feel like abdominal cramping or aching. Irritable ...

Cancer risk has therefore become a lifelong major fear for gastroenterologists and patients when considering the long-term impact of the natural history and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the digestive tract. It can include ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease.

The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of a bowel management program for patients with neurogenic bowel function after spinal cord injury. The program is based on evidence-based nursing, ...