Paradoxical diarrhea, also called overflow diarrhea, happens when liquid stool leaks around hardened, impacted stool in your colon. It’s often a symptom of mixed irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-M).

Constipation affects 16 in 100 people in the United States. Stool becomes hard and clumpy when it doesn’t have enough water as it enters the colon. To soften stool naturally, increase fiber intake to ...

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Researchers found that just 20 minutes of comfortable walking can rapidly stimulate the gut. Within one to two minutes after exercise, bowel sounds became stronger, more frequent, and lasted longer, ...

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 ...

Toxic megacolon is a rare and serious health complication that can result from a condition causing serious inflammation or infection in your colon or large intestine, such as inflammatory bowel ...