You may be flushing more than your waste and your wallet down the toilet with a colon cleanse. Your health could be circling the drain, too, according to a new study released today in the Journal of ...

Whether they're buying products or seeing an alternative medicine practitioner, some people are emptying out their colons in hopes of improving their health. Some are using do-it-yourself colon ...

Hydrotherapy of the colon, also known as colonic cleansing or irrigation, involves using water to flush waste out of the large intestine. The colon, or large intestine, absorbs water and salts from ...

How clean is your colon? If you’re tempted to find out by getting a colon cleanse, don’t bother. You’re quite likely to develop complications from the procedure and there’s no evidence that flushing ...

You would think people would be relieved to hear they didn’t have to pump liquid into their rectum in order to clear out clogged waste and “toxins.” But despite the lack of evidence to support ...

Think about pimple-popping videos for a minute—that satisfaction you get from taking something that is clogged and, uh, unclogging it. Now, apply those same thoughts to your colon—you know, that ...

What Is a Colon Cleanse? A colon cleanse is the act of flushing out your large intestine (colon). It's a normal way to prepare for some medical procedures, such as a colonoscopy. Some people with ...