The digestive system breaks down everything you eat and drink to absorb nutrients and make the energy your body needs. Whatever solids can’t be broken down and used get excreted as poop. Poop comes in ...

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

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 ...

Frequency is another important indicator of health. Most people poop once a day, but the NHS advises that it’s normal to ...

Healthy human stool is emerging as a vital medical resource, treating severe infections resistant to antibiotics. Faecal Microbiota Transplantation, using donor stool, effectively restores gut health ...

Hold your nose and don't spit out your coffee: Doctors have found a way to put healthy people's poop into pills that can cure serious gut infections — a less yucky way to do "fecal transplants." ...