There’s a useful chart that can help you determine if your stool falls into a healthy or not-so-healthy category.

Gastroenterologists share what your stool’s buoyancy can reveal about your digestion, diet, and overall health.

POO transplants could rejuvenate the ovaries to boost fertility, researchers say. The treatment – which involves placing a ...

If we’re being totally honest here, most people are a little obsessed with poop. It makes sense. While talking about poop is considered taboo in pop culture, it’s a consistent activity in your ...

Frequency is another important indicator of health. Most people poop once a day, but the NHS advises that it’s normal to defecate anywhere between three times a day and three times a week. Frequency, ...

If you ever notice that your poop smells sweet, it could suggest that changes are happening with your gut microbiome, says Dr. Ritu Nahar, MD, a gastroenterologist at Allied Digestive Health in ...

New data found that colorectal cancers are increasing in younger patients, even as they're decreasing in older people. Here's ...

Having to poop midrun happens more often than you might think (or hope). In fact, this experience is so common that there’s a term for it: runner’s diarrhea, a.k.a. runner’s trots. If you’ve had loose ...

A woman in her 40s was diagnosed with stage 3b colorectal cancer seven months after giving birth. She initially mistook the ...

A woman has described how her daughter managed to "beat the odds" time and time again after having kidney failure, a kidney ...

Researchers in Denmark have identified a previously unknown virus (bacteriophage) in gut bacteria, which they believe may is associated with colon cancer.