Has it ever happened to you that you are just sitting or doing normal chores, and suddenly your stomach starts making gurgling noises? Worry not, because hearing sounds in your gut is completely ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) using bowel sounds recorded by a noninvasive device could eliminate the need for costly colonoscopy testing, a new study suggests.

Knowing if our digestion is “normal” or “abnormal” can help us to know whether we need to improve our digestive health. My goal with this column is to help you better understand how to identify ...

Is your poo normal? Given that bowel habits are something we're traditionally loathe to discuss in detail, it's easy to see how this is a question that you might be confused about. Plus, according to ...

You learn very early on that everybody poops, but your stools can also say a lot about your health. The consistency, color, and texture might indicate what’s going on inside of you, and some of these ...

Fact: Everybody poops. For a topic that we typically don’t talk about outside of the bathroom and beyond stalls, people have questions, lots of questions: What is a normal bowel movement? How many ...

Everyone has wondered at some point if they are “going” often enough. For some, it is a daily routine; for others, it happens every few days. But what's the normal? According to a peer-reviewed study ...

Adrienna Jirik, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist at Cleveland Clinic, where she has been providing care since 2016. She completed advanced fellowships in hepatology/transplant and ...