The blockage prevents normal movement of food, liquid, and waste through your intestine during digestion, making it difficult or impossible to poop or pass gas. Bowel obstruction is often caused ...

Others need surgery when they develop complications, such as intestinal obstruction (blockage) or bleeding. How Can Poop Help in Making a Diagnosis? Your poop can provide clues for your healthcare ...

THE NHS is lowering the bowel cancer screening age from 60 to 50 in a massive win for campaigner Dame Deborah James. The ...

A young bowel cancer patient has shared five symptoms of the life-threatening disease she ignored before being diagnosed.

When it comes to our health, it is sometimes all too easy to dismiss minor pain or discomfort, as well as peculiar symptoms ...

Muscular movements push the stool toward the rectum for elimination. Bowel obstruction (such as impacted stool), diverticulitis, and IBD (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis) are the most common ...

Considering taking supplements to treat bowel obstruction? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of bowel obstruction. Follow the links to read common ...

You might have surgery if advanced bowel cancer blocks your bowel and causes symptoms of bowel obstruction. Sometimes you can have surgery to remove cancer that has spread to your liver or lungs. It’s ...