Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disorder that causes abdominal pain, changes in bowel habits, mucus in stools ...

You can't know for sure if your stomach pain is due to something serious or not without an evaluation, but some signs indicate you need urgent medical attention. For example, if your abdomen is ...

If you have a fever, abdominal pain, or yellowing of the skin ... predominant IBS (IBS-C), diarrhea-predominant IBS (IBS-D), or mixed-type IBS (IBS-M). IBS stools can be: Hard, lumpy, and difficult to ...

What makes your dog's poop slimy? Most likely, it's the presence of mucus. The mucus may appear as having a jelly-like consistency or it can be enveloping the dog's stool almost like a sausage casing.

A 30-year-old woman, described as a "drug mule" by South African police, was carrying 68 "cocaine bullets" in her stomach with an estimated weight of 850g when she was detained at Johannesburg's ...

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, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn. There is also overlap in the clinical symptomatology of patients with constipation-predominant IBS and those who have constipation that results ...

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Back pain often happens because something is off in the way your spinal joints, muscles, discs, and nerves fit together and move. Nighttime back pain is a special type of lower back pain that ...

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Your abdominal muscles play a major role in your ... strengthens and stabilizes (good for posture and easing low-back pain) without the threat of neck strain. Lie on back with legs extended ...