A new condition of "bacterial constipation" has been discovered, which might lead to better treatments if going to the loo ...

Constipation is often treated as a simple plumbing problem, too little movement, too much delay. But emerging research ...

The health service constitutes constipation as being bowel movements that are fewer than three each week, which can lead to symptoms like painful cramps in the tummy area, straining to poo, or not ...

If you only poop once a week, and when you do, your stool is hard and lumpy and difficult to get out, you’re likely constipated. While it could be caused by lifestyle factors—like not eating enough ...

A newly discovered bacterial duo may be the hidden cause of chronic constipation. The two microbes break down the colon’s protective mucus layer, leaving stool dry and hard — a problem traditional ...

As women are more likely to experience constipation they are more likely to seek solutions such as the fibremaxxing trend on ...

BACKED up? Scientists have discovered a new type of ‘bacterial constipation’ that laxatives, fibre supplements and diet ...

MORE fibre, water and exercise – that’s the general advice we get to help speed up our bowel. But what if there is far more to it? And actually, the secret to going for a number two every ...

The researchers say that the microbes, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, break down the protective ...