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Digestive disorders

June 2024

  • Illustration of the human body digestive system anatomy in pink and blue

    Bowel disease breakthrough as researchers make ‘holy grail’ discovery

    Scientists pinpoint driver of IBD and other disorders with work under way to adapt existing drugs to treat patients

February 2024

  • Woman holding her stomach

    Combining three healthy behaviours can lower IBS risk, study finds

    People who tick at least three out of five boxes including not smoking and good sleep are found to have 42% lower risk

November 2023

  • Illustration showing several woman with bloated stomachs linked together to indicate the inside of a stomach

    The flat tummy myth: why bloating can be good for you – and when it’s time to worry

    The wellness world is awash with pills and potions promising to banish ‘bloat’. But do they work – and do we even need them in the first place?

October 2023

  • Posed by model Young man at home

    Pass notes
    Toilet scrolling: how bathroom phone use plays havoc with your health

    Looking at your phone while on the loo isn’t just unhygienic. A gastroenterologist has warned it could result in haemorrhoids – or worse

September 2023

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    The US has such a love affair with laxatives that there is now a national shortage. This is not normal

    Arwa Mahdawi
    Stomach problems are so ubiquitous that they are trending on TikTok. They provide an insight into a lot of our current problems: from anxiety and stress to a poor diet

March 2023

  • Rainbow colored fruit and vegetable lunch bow

    How to have a healthy gut
    No, you don’t have to poo every day: eight things nutrition experts want you to know

    Bowels, bacteria, brain power … gastro specialists share their wisdom in bitesize form
  • A faecal microbiota transplant capsule, made using a stool donated by Linda Geddes.

    How to have a healthy gut
    Keep taking the crapsules: how I became a faecal transplant donor

    Faecal transplants might help treat illnesses such as arthritis, diabetes and cancer. And one day it could be as simple as taking a pill made from a stranger’s poo. Our writer volunteers a sample

    • How to have a healthy gut
      Mind over matter: can meditation soothe my troubled insides?

    • How to have a healthy gut
      My food revolution: how I learned to love a gluten-free diet

    • How to have a healthy gut
      What are the real signs of a healthy gut? A user’s guide

January 2023

  • ‘I didn’t expect to find such warmth in a programme about poo, but here we are’ … Channel 4’s Know Your Sh!t.

    TV review
    Know Your Sh!t review – a cheery odyssey into other people’s poo

    Avoid eating chocolate ice-cream while watching this surprisingly poignant gut health show, which is filmed in ‘Poo HQ’. Think Embarrassing Bodies meets You Are What You Eat …

December 2022

  • A woman doing yoga with her head between her legs on a pink background

    Stop tying yourself in knots: what stress does to your body – and how to beat it

    From migraines to IBS, back pain and hair loss, millions of us suffer health problems triggered by stress and anxiety. Here’s how to deal with them

May 2022

  • No more midnight fridge raids.

    How to eat healthily
    How timing your meals right can benefit your health

  • Tim Spector

    How to eat healthily
    Go with your gut: scientist Tim Spector on why food is not just fuel

June 2021

  • Tomatoes are low fodmap, so why not try Anna Jones’ harissa shakshuka?

    Kitchen aide
    Low-Fodmap food that’s easy to digest

    Irritable bowel syndrome can rule out foodstuffs such as sugars, lactose and gluten, but it’s no barrier to getting creative for some of our favourite cooks

June 2020

  • Brain scan

    Scientists link bowel inflammation to higher risk of dementia

    Study is latest to find high degree of correlation between gut health and mental health

February 2020

  • Illustration of the digestive system

    Ulcerative colitis: bacteria findings raise hopes for new treatment

    Sufferers found to have low levels of gut microbes that convert bile acids into other substances

January 2020

  • The right stool for the job ... faecal bacteria under the microscope.

    The poo panacea: inside the strange, surprising world of faecal transplants

    When treating antibiotic-resistant infections, injecting patients with other people’s excrement can be highly effective. Could it be the answer to dementia, anorexia and obesity too?

October 2018

  • William Fiennes … ‘There are things we only think about when they go wrong: the fanbelt, the combi boiler, the bowel.’

    Life after bowel surgery: I was like the Pompidou centre, my pipes on the outside

    In his early 20s, the author William Fiennes had an operation that left him with a spout of open intestine. For the next two years, he marvelled at the strangeness of his own body

June 2018

  • Tray of gluten free pastries<br>F0C6WC Tray of gluten free pastries

    Extreme dieters eating gluten-free food alongside smoking and vomiting

    Some people are unnecessarily avoiding gluten because they think it will help them lose weight
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