"Rather than talk to the guy who’d recently half-dumped me about the blood-poop combo floating in his bowl, I found two plastic bags in the trash and got...
Fecal transplants may be a miracle cure for some of our nastiest illnesses. Just say Ahhh ...
There is no easier way to discover what’s happening inside your body than seeing what comes out of it.
Wombats are the only creatures to organically produce poop shaped like a cube. A new study suggests how their bodies make it.
Microbiome therapy is the cutting edge of health science.
Feeling neck-deep in the dregs of humanity? Poop will make you feel better. Enjoy these 11 science stories about the world’s most fabulous feces.
The straight poop on whether they are miracle or myth.
Fecal microbiota transplant involves transplanting purified fecal matter from a healthy donor, to help establish colonies of healthy bacteria in the guts of sick patients.
Fecal transplants-putting one person's poop into another person's gut-are surprisingly effective cures for the dangerous bacterial infection, Clostridium dif...
Too Pooped to Purre? Try an Odwalla? Fruit Smoothie Drink Instead
With recent advancements in studies on the gut biomes of elite athletes, the answer could be yes.
Probiotics may have healing powers, but specificity matters, you can’t overload any bacteria and expect result to be only beneficial; destroying harmful bacteria can cause chaos in microbiome ecosystems, and probiotic use can result in accumulation of bacteria in the small intestine that may result in disorienting brain fogginess and belly bloating.
Pinpoint what’s behind your frequent dumps, and discover how to make them stop
Scientists are looking everywhere for less invasive cancer diagnostics…including, apparently, in the toilet. Here, researchers tested whether patients with and without colon cancer could be classified based on the “volatile organic compounds” (i.e., smelly molecules) in their poop. The scientists were able to correctly ID the cancer patients 75% of the time with this method, which is …
What would happen if you didn't (or couldn't) move your bowels for several weeks? Let's just say you'd be in a crappy situation.
Share on<br>We tend to avoid talking about poop — until our toilet time isn’t going right. And even then, it’s not usually something we’re going to bring up around the dinner table (well, unless maybe you’re with my husband and me).<br>As a holistic nutritionist, I adore talking about bowel movements. I really do! They’re our daily checkup that keeps us moving and shaking without feeling weighed down.<br>And as someone who was once diagnosed with and subsequently healed from Crohn’s disease…
Bottoms up! Scientists have discovered that baby poop makes a surprisingly effective probiotic “cocktail” that could potentially help people with illnesses such as diabetes, obesity and cancer, acc…