Study shows how "scarred" colon tissue in younger patients differs from older adults, opening new doors for preventing ...

It's easy to see your body aging on the outside – wrinkles, dark spots, gray hair, the whole shebang – but as we grow older, ...

A 30-year-old man in China's Hunan Province narrowly survived a life-threatening ordeal after a 30-cm-long eel was found ...

A randomized trial shows combined water exchange and cap-assisted colonoscopy shortens cecal intubation time and reduces pain in unsedated procedures.

During surgery the next day, doctors discovered a tumour on her bowel and she woke up with a stoma bag fitted. Three weeks ...

In August, Kelly and her daughters, Adele, 10, and Georgia, six, said she was “humiliated” by her treatment at Manchester ...

A mum whose sudden stomach pain was diagnosed as bowel cancer says she was treated "like a villain" after her stoma bag set ...

Kelly Grigg, 39, took her daughters Adele, 10, and Georgia, six, to a Manchester United match weeks after her diagnosis ...

This article reviews the pathogenesis, clinical presentation and surgical management of rectal prolapse. Full-thickness prolapse of the rectum causes significant discomfort because of the sensation of ...

Introduction Colonic diverticulosis is the most common structural abnormality of the colon in developed countries, with an increasing global prevalence. Approximately 20–25% of affected individuals ...