(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By ...

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Pooping is pretty gross, but it turns out not pooping is actually even more gross, as denying your body's natural processes ...

Most constipation is harmless. In rare cases, the colon can become dangerously enlarged. Here is what you need to know.

I’m a 66-year-old male in good health. I’ve always had very regular bowel movements, usually spending less than 5 minutes in ...

About six months ago, I had a colonoscopy.

A new study suggests that the amount of time stool remains in the digestive system may have a significant impact on overall ...

Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...

Access to sitcom classics old and new via streaming is, quite possibly, the best way to lower your blood pressure. You need ...

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Waste management in space has come a long way since the first moon missions. Back in the 1960s, NASA Apollo astronauts left ...

For years, we used to talk about a “three-legged stool” for retirement income — a company pension, Social Security and personal savings. But traditional ...