Question: I have been having stomach problems on and off for the past year, including soft stools, blood and severe cramping.

The relationship between diet and colon health extends far beyond occasional digestive discomfort. Many everyday foods, from ...

This advice is based on a rather intuitive notion that colonic luminal trauma from these foods might initiate inflammation or bleeding within diverticula. In a prospective cohort study of 47,228 ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease, condition, or injury affecting ...

The first discussion of microplastics arose when researchers found they were interfering with environmental pollution and ...

Yes this is normal for boys starting puberty. One of the first signs of puberty in a boy is growth of his genitals, usually at around 12½ years of age (although onset can range two years either ...

Inflammatory diseases include a vast array of disorders and conditions that are characterized by inflammation. Examples include allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, coeliac disease ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...

It also has polyphenols that work to protect the cells in your body. Olive oil helps to reduce inflammation. It lowers cholesterol, and its polyphenols may help prevent some cancers. Salmon contains ...