Rose George’s absorbing book is about the global reality and politics of human defecation. Most of this book’s readers will be owners of or members of a community with ready access to a flush commode ...

Defecation urgency in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common and devastating symptom, involves sensory as well as emotional components, suggesting that the brain plays as much of a role in urgency ...

The scourge that open defecation continues to constitute in 21st century Nigeria was quite rightly the focus of attention at the maiden two-day Toilet Business Owners Conference which took place in ...

A Baton Rouge restaurant has put up a fence in front of their store, claiming that unhoused people have repeatedly defecated on their property The fence was a "last resort" after months of trying to ...

Defecation is the natural and essential process of having a bowel movement. It is the body’s way of getting rid of waste material. Sometimes, there may be complications with the defecation reflex.

Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have “transformational benefits” for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, says the UN’s partner sanitation body, the ...

A restaurant is putting up a fence for an unconventional reason. Baton Rouge restaurant Roul's Deli built a fence around the front of their Plank Road location on March 30 after repeated incidents of ...