When the Swachh Bharat Mission (‘Clean India Mission’) was launched in 2014, its vision was both simple and transformative; to ensure that every household in India had access to a toilet. In just a ...

The study shows that the faecal metabolome – the collection of molecules, or ‘metabolites,’ in stool produced when the gut and its resident microbes break down the food we eat – can capture the ...

Constipation occurs when bowel movements become infrequent, hard, or difficult to pass, typically less than three times a week. Constipation is not a a disease; it is a symptom linked to lifestyle ...

A group home in Ohio allowed a man with "intellectual and/or developmental disabilities" and a "history of constipation" to go weeks without a bowel movement, leading to a "massive" collection of ...

People invited to undergo FIT were more likely to participate in colorectal cancer screening compared with those invited to undergo colonoscopy. FIT was noninferior to colonoscopy for colorectal ...

In patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC) who initiated vedolizumab, loss of vedolizumab in stool samples was noted in more than 75% of patients, with higher rates of drug loss seen in those ...

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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a widespread bacterial infection associated with gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. While conventional antibiotic-based treatments have been the gold ...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a widespread bacterial infection associated with gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. While conventional antibiotic-based treatments have been the gold ...

Disimpaction provides rapid relief from severe constipation by removing trapped stool in the rectum. The most common method of disimpaction involves manually breaking up and removing stool with a ...