A boy from Nashik was diagnosed with a rare disease that has made him unable to poop naturally since birth. The child had been solely dependent on daily enemas. He was cured via a rare surgery in ...

Mumbai: After almost two years of relying on daily enemas and medications, a two-year-old child suffering from severe ...

In a remarkable medical procedure, the baby became Mumbai’s first patient to be treated through a scarless endoscopic ...

Hirschsprung disease and meconium ileus can both cause a newborn to be unable to pass their first stool. Learn the different ...

Dad-of-one Jack Nicholson, 27, needed to have his entire stomach removed in order to save his life and feels fortunate that the deadly cancer did not spread further ...

Despite experiencing tell-tale signs of bowel cancer after she turned 18, it was six years before Shelby Preston was ...

After last week’s essay about this disease condition, it has become necessary to help readers understand the peculiar nature of the organ.

In adults, a gut biopsy is usually carried out to confirm ... inserted into the mouth and passed down to the small intestine. Before the procedure, you'll be given a local anaesthetic to numb ...

The robot could enable virtual cancer screening that would eliminate delays, costs and complications associated with traditional biopsy methods ... out “in a single procedure” rather than ...

The rectum is the 8-inch muscular tube that connects your large intestine (colon ... the night before the procedure. Ask for specific instructions. Or you may get an enema in the doctor’s ...

You will probably need at least one enema before the procedure, in order to empty out your rectum and lower intestine so that ... you may get a biopsy (removal of tissue) of the polyp or polyps.