A newly discovered bacterial duo may be the hidden cause of chronic constipation. The two microbes break down the colon’s protective mucus layer, leaving stool dry and hard — a problem traditional ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have found two gut bacteria working together that contribute to chronic constipation ...

At this point, you’re probably tired of hearing about poop in the Game of Thrones franchise. That’s not a sentence I ever expected to write, but after HBO’s new prequel show debuted with a close-up ...

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Scientists have discovered that gut-born bacteria may hold the secret for treatments of everything from IBD to Parkinson’s disease. Now they just need samples from the people living in the most ...

You may be sitting on – so to speak – a very valuable asset that scientists would love to get their hands on: your poop. As well as blood, plasma and organs, you can now donate fecal samples to stool ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “He went from ‘A Friend of Goop’ to ‘Mr. Poop’ overnight,” says a source, referring to the bombshell 2024 reports that Blasberg ...

Everyone poops. But how often? Given the fact that modern society has, for good reason, sequestered the ritual to isolation, it’s normal to wonder what it’s like—and the frequency with which it ...

"Ghost poop" is a bowel movement that seemingly disappears without a trace after you flush the toilet. There’s no sign of it either in the toilet paper that you used to wipe your butt or in the toilet ...

Scientists at the University of Geneva have created the first detailed catalogue of gut bacteria at the subspecies level, unlocking powerful new ways to detect colorectal cancer. By applying machine ...