Speaking to Health , gastroenterologist Dr Bruce Hennessy said that most “ghost poops” would count as a four on the Bristol stool chart ( a clinical system used to determine what’s “normal” according ...

A new, first-of-its-kind device is making it easier to track your digestive health by turning your daily bathroom routine into actionable data.

Poo may be something we flush and forget, but it can reveal a surprising amount about your health ...

It’s finally here, Pittsburgh — the “explosive diarrhea” wracking the nation’s bowels has reached the shores of our three rivers. This wave of devastating doo-doo is brought to you by the cyclospora ...

Bristol Rovers have already signed five players this summer. Richie Smallwood, Kofi Balmer, Ben Purrington, Tommy Leigh, and Tom James have joined the Gas, while Ciaran Kelly and Bobby Kamwa have also ...

THE next time you flush the toilet without looking, you could be flushing away the only early warning sign your body is trying to give you. Checking your stool – and talking about it – ...

Digital removal of stool, also called digital disimpaction or manual elimination, involves using your fingers to manually remove stool from your rectum when other constipation relief methods don’t ...

Black specks in stool are often caused by foods like blueberries, figs, bananas, or undigested seeds, or by taking iron supplements or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Black specks can ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Roshini Raj, MD, is Health's former magazine's medical editor and coauthor of What the Yuck?!. Board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine, Dr. Raj is a Clinical Associate Professor of ...