Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways Drink at least 64 ounces of water daily to help move waste through ...

Breaking wind in public washrooms, the time you spend when taking a dump in the office toilet – all of it can become a point ...

Everyone’s bowel habits are different. Some people might poop every day, while others may go a few times a week—and, it’s all normal. However, there are some bathroom habits that gastroenterologists ...

Constipation affects millions each year, but the good news is that small tweaks to what you eat can make a real difference. A study from King’s College London shows that foods like prunes, kiwis, rye ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am writing to you about my 62-year-old wife, in the hope that you can provide an opinion on a question she has and also provide us with some advice in her quest for relief from ...

Get ready—we need to talk about something a bit, um, off-color right now. “Poop!” says Parsley Health nutritionist Adrienne Dowd, with enough enthusiasm to warrant an exclamation point. “It’s ...

Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis or difficulty ...

Recent research has uncovered how bowel movement frequency can serve as a vital indicator of digestive and overall health. While it is often an overlooked topic in health discussions, the frequency of ...

You might go number 2 first thing in the morning, after lunch or later in the day. Everyone has their own pooping schedule, and that’s completely normal. But you might wonder if there's actually an ...

On a special episode (first released on March 27, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: We eat for a variety of reasons, most importantly to sustain life. Unsurprisingly, the decisions we make about what we ...