Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction (CIPO) and related gastrointestinal motility disorders constitute a group of rare but debilitating conditions that mimic mechanical obstruction despite the ...

The authors regard this patient’s situation as immune therapy-related intestinal obstruction. However, we propose an alternative interpretation of this patient’s intestinal obstruction, which was a ...

One form this dysfunction can take is bowel incontinence, or the inability to control bowel movements. People who experience this symptom often fear having an accident at a particularly ...

In the absence of registry data, it is impossible to know the precise incidence and prevalence of short bowel syndrome in the United States. On the basis of European data, the incidence of total ...

People with some conditions have a higher risk of getting bowel cancer at a younger age than usual. They might see a specialist genetics team and have screening earlier than the normal UK bowel cancer ...

It is also called advanced bowel cancer. What are targeted and immunotherapy drugs for metastatic bowel cancer? Targeted cancer drugs work by targeting the differences between cancer cells and normal ...

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 ...

If you feel like you have to use half the roll of toilet paper after you have a bowel movement, chances are you may have an underlying health condition. Ideally, wiping after a bowel movement ...

The federal government recently approved the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare's request amid fraud and other concerns.

For many people living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), the beloved ritual of sipping tea or coffee can turn into a gut-wrenching experience. IBS often sneaks into daily life with bloating ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is among the most common intestinal maladies and one of the most difficult to treat. No single remedy works for everybody, and there are few drugs created ...