Boo … poo? In the spirit of spooky season and in celebration of gut health, we’re talking ghost poops and phantom feces. What is a ghost poop? “A ‘ghost poop’ is a term used to describe when one’s stool sinks to the bottom of the toilet and seemingly vanishes without a trace,” gut health expert and registered dietician Julie Balsamo previously … Read more
A healthy rugby captain has had half of his bowel removed after being diagnosed with cancer while in his thirties. Andrew Walker, 31, was told he had bowel cancer after he went to his GP because he started feeling quite fatigued. He then had half of his bowel and his lymph nodes removed and is … Read more
An Ozempic user will suffer from diarrhea for the rest of her life after sustaining a serious bowel injury — allegedly brought on by injections of the wildly popular weight loss drug. The unidentified woman is one of a dozen people who have filed lawsuits against Novo Nordisk, parent company of Ozempic and sister drug Wegovy, … Read more
Maybe don’t “taste the rainbow.” A new study published in the journal Nature Communications has revealed that a common red dye in food can increase the risk of inflammatory bowel diseases, which affect some three million Americans, according to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. The additive, denoted as Red 40 or Allura red on ingredients … Read more
A mystery surrounding Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease, may have been solved by a new study. This image depicts an intestine affected by Crohn’s disease. New research may have solved a mystery surrounding Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease where immune defenses meant to attack invading microbes mistakenly target the … Read more