Digestive health rarely dominates health headlines, yet irregular bowel movements pose serious risks that millions of Americans face daily. Medical professionals increasingly recognize that consistent ...

Digital disimpaction is when a person uses their finger to remove stool from the rectum. This procedure may be a last resort when other methods of passing the stool are not working. Sometimes, it is ...

Paradoxical diarrhea, or overflow diarrhea, is when you have constipation and diarrhea at the same time. It happens when watery stool leaks around a fecal impaction (hardened piece of stool stuck in ...

Constipation which is not adequately treated may lead to more serious problems including impaction or a bowel obstruction. An impaction is treated with manual removal of all lower bowel contents ...

Constipation and blood in the stool can occur at the same time, due to many different reasons. For most people, blood in stool may occur due to issues with bowel movements, tears to the anus, or ...

Harmony Allison, MD, is a gastroenterologist and Associate Chief of Gastroenterology at Tufts Medical Center, where she specializes in constipation, IBD, GERD, Celiac disease, and other ...

The diabetes medication-fueled weight-loss trend has been shown to have some serious side effects — and “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Jennifer Fessler has become the latest celeb to speak out ...

Beach destinations from coast to coast have been impacted by fecal contamination in the water Getty Families hitting the beach this Labor Day weekend may be impacted by beach closures due to fecal ...

“I had to go to the hospital for an impacted bowel… and I’m still not nervous about [taking] it,” the ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ star said of semaglutide Semaglutide — also sold under brand names ...

Nothing can scare Jennifer Fessler away from using Ozempic — even an impacted bowel. During Monday’s episode of her “Two Jersey Js” podcast with Jackie Goldschneider, the “Real Housewives of New ...