A 58-year-old woman in Greece appears to hold the record for growing a parasitic sheep bot fly in her nose the longest, ...

Constipation in babies is common but usually temporary. Gentle remedies like tummy massage, bicycle legs, hydration, and fiber-rich foods can help.

A woman in her 40s was diagnosed with stage 3b colorectal cancer seven months after giving birth. She initially mistook the ...

Colon cancer is now the deadliest cancer for people under 50, and researchers are scrambling to understand why rectal cases ...

Frequency is another important indicator of health. Most people poop once a day, but the NHS advises that it’s normal to defecate anywhere between three times a day and three times a week. Frequency, ...

You may not have celiac disease — an autoimmune disorder triggered by consuming the gluten protein in wheat, barley, and rye — but it’s possible you have gluten intolerance. Gluten intolerance can ...

For most people, talking about poop is uncomfortable, but if you live with ulcerative colitis (UC), a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), it’s unavoidable — and it’s a crucial part of disease ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

Stools are made up of indigestible material that cannot be absorbed into the bloodstream. The average healthy poo is, of course, brown. It’s the bile secreted by the liver into your intestines that ...

Physicians have cautioned Nigerians against dismissing the sight of blood in stool as a minor or temporary issue, warning that it could be an early sign of serious gastrointestinal conditions.

A paediatrician, Ayobola Adebowale, known as Your Baby Doctor, has explained that some newborn girls may experience light bleeding shortly after birth, a condition medically known as pseudo ...