If you’re not regular just yet, you can actually train yourself to poop like clockwork. Whether you call it poop, No. 2 or a bowel movement, it’s about time we got more comfortable talking about it.

Pooping is a normal physical response to eating, called the gastrocolic reflex. Certain foods or activities can trigger a faster gastrocolic reflex. A frequent urgent or painful need to poop after ...

Adrienna Jirik, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist at the Cleveland Clinic, where she has been providing care since 2016. Dr. Jirik completed advanced fellowships in hepatology/transplant and ...

If you’ve ever been struck by urgent signals from your bowels in the middle of a work meeting, a first date, or a milestone event, it may have felt like the worst possible time to need to go. You ...