Colon cancer pain can happen in later stages of the condition as a tumor grows larger. Symptoms include pain in the abdomen ...

Medically reviewed by Kumkum Sarkar Patel, MD You can eat more fiber to help keep your bowel movements regular.Regular exercise supports a healthy weight and lowers your risk of digestive ...

When it comes to intestines, it sure seems like two are better than one. I asked my friend Franck Carbonero why that is. He’s a microbiologist at Washington State University. He studies the bacteria ...

How long it takes to digest your food depends on your age, gender, and diet, but in general will take between four and six ...

The US humorist Christopher Morley once described the human body as “an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing”. He wasn’t wrong: from our cardiovascular and lymphatic systems to our guts and urinary ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Gas is a normal byproduct of digestion, and most people pass gas 13-21 times a day. Some of the most common causes of smelly farts are the rapid breakdown of ...