Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Stringy poop may occur with stomach pain ...

How often you empty your bowels may reveal more about what lives inside your gut than you realize. According to a 2024 study, the frequency with which you poop could actively shape the microbiome that ...

Remember the last time you pooped, stood up, turned around, and carefully took note of your log’s shape and texture?… No? Can’t recall? Well, according to gastroenterologists, you might want to start.

GLP-1 medications can alter bowel movements, with constipation and diarrhea being the most common side effects. These drugs slow digestion to help control appetite, which can lead to changes in stool ...

There’s an ethical quandary that has plagued internet users for nearly 15 years. It’s not life or death, and it’s not about playing god. For some people, it’s not an ethical quandary at all, and ...

Forget checking your Oura ring data. If you really want insight into your health, you should check out your poop. Even if you don’t go to the lengths of mailing your excrement to a team of scientists ...

White specks in poop can come from undigested food like seeds, vegetables, or nuts. You might have parasites if you also have symptoms like diarrhea, itching around the anus, or stomach pain. Your ...

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 ...

The city is currently a dog-shit nightmare. There’s no other way to say it. Dog owners seem to have taken January’s snowstorm as carte blanche to violate an already tenuous social contract: They have ...

Pooping has somehow turned into a full-on trend on Roblox. And no, I don’t mean those awful games you instantly regret clicking. I’m talking about the hilarious ones where you literally poop out rare ...

The medication is really taking care of business. A pair of new Canadian clinical trials show poop pills can reduce the toxic side effects of cancer medications and even support patient response to ...

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