FOR most people, the daily – or near-daily – ritual of going for a poo is not something they give a great deal of thought to.

Rectal delivery of a liquid with a high capacity for oxygenation appeared to be tolerable in a phase Ia first-in-human trial. The ultimate goal is to boost ventilation in patients with respiratory ...

Here’s one type of breathing that you could eventually get behind, so to speak—a way to essentially breathe through your butt. It would involve squirting an oxygen-carrying liquid up your butt to then ...

Get a breath of this not-so-fresh air. Japanese and US researchers have developed a groundbreaking treatment for people who can’t breathe through their lungs — by delivering oxygen where the sun doesn ...

When Helen Ledwick typed "why do my insides feel like they're falling out" into Google a decade ago, she had no idea that search would mark the beginning of a life-changing journey. The former BBC 5 ...

Last year, a group of researchers won the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Physiology for discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their anus. But as with many Ig Nobel awards, there is a ...

A Florida man tried to smuggle a thermos into jail by “putting it up his exit ramp,” according to a local sheriff. Walter Frymire, 51, was arrested for allegedly trespassing on a railroad shortly ...

Colorectal surgeon Dr. Julio Garcia-Aguilar says there are a growing number of ways to treat colon and rectal cancer including advances in targeted therapy, surgery, and immunotherapy that can also ...