Your number two reveals a lot about you. Here's what your time on the toilet says about your health, according to gastroenterologists.

Pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome‐associated intestinal failure showed improvements in stool consistency and ...

Learn how small bowel obstruction develops, warning signs to watch for, and proven methods to prevent serious complications.

According to a 2019 article, people who used a posture modification device during bowel movements — such as a small footstool to lift their bent knees higher than their hips — did not strain ...

It involves straining during bowel movements, having hard or dry stools, and feeling like you haven't completely emptied your bowels after going. Roughly 10% of adults in the United States ...

mainly the colonic-type species are present in the small intestine. Recent data suggest that SIBO may contribute to the pathophysiology of Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The purpose of this study ...

Sean Gibbons, a microbiologist at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, joins The Excerpt to discuss what bowel movements, or a lack of them, reveal about our health. Hit play on the ...

In other words, having less frequent but complete bowel movements may be healthier than having frequent small bowel movements. How often you should be pooping may also depend on how difficult it ...