Let’s talk about the topic everyone experiences but no one wants to admit: mucus in your poop. It sounds alarming, feels weird, and definitely isn’t the highlight of your day, but it’s way more common ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Poop irregularities may be more “regular” than you ...

New research from UBC Okanagan could make monitoring gut health easier and less painful by tapping into a common - yet often overlooked - source of information: the mucus in our digestive system that ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD It is normal to occasionally have stools that float in the toilet.Excess gas, diets high in fiber or fat, and digestive conditions can cause your stool to float.It's ...

A stool test is a diagnostic procedure that involves analyzing fecal matter, or poop, to check for signs of infection, inflammation, or disease. The specific analysis depends on a person’s symptoms ...