A new condition of "bacterial constipation" has been discovered, which might lead to better treatments if going to the loo ...

Now scientists in Japan believe they may have discovered an important reason why some constipation treatments do not work.

The researchers say that the microbes, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, break down the protective mucus layer of the colon. The study, published in the Gut Microbes, explains ...