If you have ulcerative colitis, you might see blood and mucus in your poop when you have a flare-up. It shows up most often in very loose, watery stools. This bloody diarrhea tends to happen with ...

Bronchitis may cause you to cough up blood, known as hemoptysis. Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchial tubes, or airways, that usually happens due to an infection or breathing in irritants like ...

A stool that looks like currant jelly can indicate a bowel disorder called intussusception. However, bloody mucus in the stool may also be a sign of other conditions, such as inflammatory bowel ...

Research is linking smartphone use on the toilet to a higher risk of hemorrhoids. Prolonged toilet sitting, not straining, ...

Few symptoms create more immediate alarm than coughing up blood. This frightening sign, medically termed hemoptysis, indicates that something significant requires attention in your respiratory system.

Researchers have discovered that certain cells move surprisingly faster in thicker fluid because their ruffled edges sense the viscosity of their environment and adapt to increase their speed. Their ...

Mucus protects our body by trapping bacteria and particles. The color and texture of your mucus can give clues about your overall health. The post 8 Things Your Mucus Says About Your Health appeared ...

How’s your blood and bile? Are you melancholic or phlegmatic? In early medicine, those questions were keys to the bodily humors — four substances linking physical illness to emotional states and ...

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In a longitudinal study, decrease in FEV 1 was greatest in those with mucus plugs that persisted over 5 years, followed by those who developed them during that period. Mucus plugs affect some 40% to ...

Technology that delivers insulin orally rather than via regular injections would be a game-changing advance in medical science, and MIT scientists have been working fervently toward this aim over many ...