It's essential for your health to have regular bowel movements, and maybe you're so regular you know in what windows of the day you typically go. But when nature doesn't issue that call so reliably, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shari Edelson, Penn State and B. Derrick Taff, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) If you’re ...

If you’ve ever been struck by urgent signals from your bowels in the middle of a work meeting, a first date, or a milestone event, it may have felt like the worst possible time to need to go. You ...

Everyone poops. But how often? Given the fact that modern society has, for good reason, sequestered the ritual to isolation, it’s normal to wonder what it’s like—and the frequency with which it ...

Researchers linked pooping frequency with markers tied to the development of certain diseases. The scientists found a very clear range of pooping frequency that’s ideal for good health. There are ...