When you’ve taken your dog in for a veterinary checkup, chances are you have heard the veterinarian discuss a fecal test and seen a fecal sample be collected as part of the exam. A fecal test for dogs ...

The hard, and nauseating, truth about cyclospora is that it’s spread through human feces. Over decades of research, ...

Emergency room doctors treating patients sick with cyclosporiasis, the “diarrhea parasite,” describe symptoms and what ...

Microscopy and DNA tests are both viable, but sensitivity, cost, and availability vary ...

A gastroenterologist reveals her answer to the common question, “What’s the best test to know if my gut is healthy?” ...

Fecal eosinophil-derived neurotoxin, lipocalin-2, and calprotectin are elevated in pediatric IBD, with calprotectin best distinguishing IBD from acute diarrhea, a recent study shows.

Fourth of July beach trip for America’s 250th birthday? Say less! But could there be something lurking in those warm Gulf of Mexico waters? The Texas General Land Office, or GLO, tracks levels of ...

ATLANTA — Several miles of some of Georgia’s beaches are being flagged as having elevated levels of fecal bacteria. The state has singled out Saint Simons Island, Jekyll Island, and Tybee Island as ...

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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 ...

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 ...