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Most people rarely discuss their bathroom habits, yet new research suggests that bowel movement frequency might be one of the ...

“Several dried fruits are known to help with constipation, but the most well-known are prunes,” says Rabia de Latour, M.D., a ...

Prebiotics are compounds that feed the friendly bacteria in your gut. They include indigestible carbohydrates, such as inulin ...

The largest ever clinical trial compared obesity operations in 1,346 NHS patients, and one explains: "I felt everyone was looking at me all the time because of my size" ...

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