As the name suggests, a faecal microbiota transplant introduces gut microbes from a carefully screened healthy donor’s stool ...

Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence ...

DALLAS -- One person’s waste could be another’s shot at fighting cancer. The idea may sound far-fetched, but it is gaining momentum in cancer care. Researchers are testing fecal microbiota transplants ...

Probiotics are marketed as the cure to digestive troubles, but that might not always be the case.

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Scientists have identified a new way to distinguish healthy guts from diseased ones and track how some illnesses progress by measuring how gut bacteria interact with one another. According to a study ...

Do as the Romans doo? It’s not just plumbing that the ancient Italians pioneered. Turkish scientists have found a 1,900-year-old Roman vial that could provide the first concrete evidence of human poop ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Soon, Portland’s big pipe won’t be the only water overflowing with poop. Two local businesses, Columbia Sportswear and Breakside Brewing, are teaming up for the Super Bowl to ...

A Philippine Airlines flight went down the toilet after crewmembers were forced to scoop poop mid-air due to a lavatory malfunction, as seen in a viral video. A Philippines Airlines flight went down ...

Rumors circulated online in late January and early February 2026 that U.S. President Donald Trump ended an Oval Office news conference early after soiling himself. In a video posted to YouTube by ...