New research from UBC Okanagan could make monitoring gut health easier and less painful by tapping into a common - yet often overlooked - source of information: the mucus in our digestive system that ...

Your baby may pass mucus in their stool as part of the natural digestive process. But certain health conditions, such as an allergy or infection, can also cause mucus in their poop. Because their diet ...

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

A stool that looks like currant jelly can indicate a bowel disorder called intussusception. However, bloody mucus in the stool may also be a sign of other conditions, such as inflammatory bowel ...

Rope worms are long structures that sometimes occur in the intestines. They are likely a buildup of intestinal mucus and debris and may pass in a person’s stool during an enema or other clearing ...

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 ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that causes a buildup of mucus in organs throughout the body. Stool, or feces, can indicate how your gastrointestinal tract is functioning and whether ...