Your poop is basically a daily health report, and the clues are all there, shape, colour, smell, consistency, and how often you go. Paying attention w ...

Your poop timing can reveal more about gut health than you realise. Experts explain why morning stools feel natural, what ...

Your poop is a built-in health update you get every day. Here's what healthy stool should look like, what colour or smell ...

Now, Dr Trisha Pasricha, a physician and scientist at Harvard Medical School, is sharing what 'weird' poop colours could mean ...

MEDFORD, Ma — A hundred trillion bacteria live inside your gut, some good, some bad. When patients take antibiotics for infections, sometimes they fail to work; good bacteria gets killed off while bad ...

Sudden black, tar-like stools, medically termed melena, often signal internal bleeding in the stomach or upper intestine, ...

Melena appears as black, sticky, foul smelling stool and often signals upper GI bleeding * Study shows most pediatric melena ...

Most vegans are happy to list the reasons why a plant-based diet is superior. Going strictly animal-free can reduce one's carbon footprint, cut the risk for cancer and chronic diseases, prevent animal ...

How long people can go without pooping before it becomes risky can vary. A person’s size, how much food they eat, and their overall digestive health may play a role. Many people poop daily, a few ...

Holding in poop on occasion is not harmful, but doing this often can lead to constipation, impaction, inflammation, and more severe complications. People who hold in their poop too often may start to ...

Blood in stool isn’t always piles. A doctor explains hidden gut problems in young adults, warning signs to watch, and when to ...

Seeing blood in your toddler’s poop can be alarming, but the causes for blood in toddler stool are not always serious. In fact, it’s fairly common. Anal fissures, which are tiny tears in the anus ...