A Long Island dog breeder left 23 animals in freezing cold, cramped, feces-filled kennels and ignored vaccination and state care requirements, authorities said Friday, March 13.John Kowal, owner of ...

As winter loosens its grip across the region, something is emerging with the melting snow: dog waste. A lot of it. On a recent walk in Schodack Town Park, Molly Magan said the evidence was hard to ...

“There’s dog poop everywhere,” said Karsen Kelsey, a 27-year-old living in Brighton who went out to enjoy this week’s balmy temperatures and found his neighborhood splattered with uncleaned pet wastes ...

More people die of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Mississippi than anywhere else in the country, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH). However, ...

Bulk-forming laxatives like Metamucil take 12 to 72 hours to work. Suppositories can cause a bowel movement within 15 to 60 minutes. Laxatives increase or induce defecation (discharge of feces from ...

Both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and share similar symptoms. Crohn's disease can cause inflammation anywhere from your mouth to your anus, ...

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 ...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a long-term condition that causes ulcers and swelling in the digestive tract. The two main types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. These conditions ...

A study suggests that habitual meat intake may relate to a higher risk of ulcerative colitis flares. Image credit: Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty Images The prevalence of IBD is rising, and current ...

For most people, talking about poop is uncomfortable, but if you live with ulcerative colitis (UC), a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), it’s unavoidable — and it’s a crucial part of disease ...