Dawson's Creek actor James Van Der Beek has died at the age of 48 from bowel cancer. What are the main symptoms and causes of the disease, and how can you reduce your risk of getting it? Having these ...

Bowel cancer, aka colorectal cancer, is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. More than 1.9 million new cases were reported in 2020, claiming over 930000 deaths worldwide.

On a special episode (first released on March 27, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: We eat for a variety of reasons, most importantly to sustain life. Unsurprisingly, the decisions we make about what we ...

Enemas clean out your bowel. This is helpful for treating constipation or before specific procedures where a provider needs to visualize the bowel. Enemas can also deliver medication to the bowel.

Whether you call it the runs or the trots, being backed up or bunged up, irregular bowel movements are no joke. There’s no silver lining to pooping too much or too little, and no bright side to the ...

About 10 to 15 percent of adults in the U.S. have irritable bowel syndrome, a condition that causes abdominal pain, gas, diarrhea, and constipation. It’s typically diagnosed in early adulthood, but ...

Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Diarrhea and constipation are common ...

Like the astronomical explosion that kickstarted the universe, bowel cancer has a "Big Bang" moment which determines how it will grow, according to new research from Cancer Research UK and Wellcome ...

Bowel cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, killing nearly 1 million people per year, and cases of colorectal cancer have been on the rise. But there are glimmers of hope ...

Having irritable bowel syndrome (also known as IBS) can be a regular reminder that some things in life are unpredictable. Unfortunately, that can include unexpected dashes to the bathroom and pain. If ...

When you live with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), avoiding foods that trigger symptoms is part of daily life. Coffee has a reputation as a bowel stimulant, but the link between coffee and IBS isn’t ...