Parents of babies and pets don’t think twice about discussing their little ones’ poop. They laugh over vile diaper explosions, read Everyone Poops at bedtime, scoop up puppy dookie and ponder its ...

Talking about poop (stool), especially its colour and consistency, is not really one of the most comfortable dinner-table ...

Three-quarters of your poop consists of water and most of the rest is food your body didn’t digest. Once it exits the digestive system, poop is usually a shade of brown, regardless of the appearance ...

The number of bowel movements people experience depends on their personal anatomy, which includes their eating habits, their intestinal microbiome, their exercise routine and their inherited traits.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your ...

Insulin, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, poop. You likely don’t think of the latter as medicinal, but there are good reasons to think that’s about to change. Last month, the FDA approved a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Brian Robert Boulay, University of Illinois Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) Advertisement ...