Seeing bright red blood in your stool can be alarming, but it is highly common. What’s more, it’s usually not a sign of a serious problem. That doesn’t mean you can or should ignore rectal bleeding.

Discovering blood in your stool can be an alarming experience. It’s a symptom that many people fear but are often too afraid to confront. The presence of blood in the stool is not something to be ...

Finding blood in your stool can cause immediate concern, and medical professionals agree it should never be ignored. While some causes prove relatively benign, others may signal serious underlying ...

Physicians have cautioned Nigerians against dismissing the sight of blood in stool as a minor or temporary issue, warning that it could be an early sign of serious gastrointestinal conditions.

Having all three of these symptoms at once narrows down the possible causes to just a few possibilities. When you’re not feeling well, there’s often more than one thing that’s bothering you. Many ...

Blood in stools may appear bright red (haematochezia) or black and tarry (melena), indicating bleeding from different parts of the gastrointestinal tract. Causes include fissures, haemorrhoids, ulcers ...

Colon cancer cases are on the rise and apart from following a healthy gut routine, people should keep an eye on the early ...

An estimated 52,500 Americans died last year from colon cancer, yet the disease is highly treatable if it's detected early. Primary care and prevention experts from the U.S. Preventive Services Task ...

A 31-year-old man is urging people to recognise the five seemingly normal symptoms he experienced in the months leading up to ...

What do all the microbes living rent-free in your gut have to do with disease risk? Perhaps a lot. A groundbreaking analysis of decades-old stool and blood samples from the early AIDS epidemic ...