An international team of gastroenterologists, gut microbiologists and health researchers has found via testing of volunteers that consumption of the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis, offers no ...

An expert review on refractory constipation established 14 best practice statements addressing key clinical issues for the ...

Some research suggests that probiotics may help alleviate constipation. However, there is not enough evidence to prove this. The effects may depend on the probiotic species. Probiotics are live ...

Learn how IBS-C is diagnosed using symptoms and the Rome Criteria, what might trigger the condition in the first place, and how it's different than occasional or functional constipation.

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) is a type of IBS, a condition that causes different digestive symptoms. The main symptom of IBS-C is ...