Your poop (stool) can reveal information about your health. Your diet can lead to typically temporary changes in poop color or shape, but so can a range of health conditions that cause poop to be pale ...

Holding in poop on occasion is not harmful, but doing this often can lead to constipation, impaction, inflammation, and more severe complications. People who hold in their poop too often may start ...

A person’s poop may be black due to eating certain foods, such as licorice, taking iron supplements, or gastrointestinal bleeding. If people have blood in the stool, they may benefit from ...

But this one Viking left behind something more tangible and far more unique—his poop. We’re not just talking about any poop—it’s the biggest human poop ever found. Discovered in 1972 ...

If you’re caught short without a plunger then you’re in for a rough ride, and even then you might find that it’s not quite got what you need to deal with the impending mess. That’s where ...

Seeing your poop float might surprise you. But it's usually nothing to worry about. More often than not, it's related to something you ate. Other times, floating poop can be a symptom of an underlying ...

Sometimes, people have poop that's so dark it looks black. It might also have a sticky consistency, like that of tar. If your poop is black, it might be due to a change in your diet, a new ...

Causes of green poop fall under a few categories: food, medications, supplements, or infections. It can be disconcerting if your stool looks different than normal. Green poop is not usually cause ...

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Yet, how often we poop, how long it takes to do it and what our stool looks like can actually reveal a lot about our health. We talked with three gastroenterologists about how often you should ...