Scientists have discovered that collecting stool samples at home is as life-saving as invasive colonoscopy procedures.

ORLANDO -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) reported mostly favorable responses with the use of mail-order kits for stool sample collections, according to a survey study. Among survey ...

When you’ve taken your dog in for a veterinary checkup, chances are you have heard the veterinarian discuss a fecal test and ...

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 ...

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The microbiome-based test carries US FDA Breakthrough Device status and is designed to rule out low-risk autism cases early with over 95% negative predictive value.

The study shows that the faecal metabolome – the collection of molecules, or ‘metabolites,’ in stool produced when the gut and its resident microbes break down the food we eat – can capture the ...

In 1982, two Australian doctors, Dr. Barry Marshall and Dr. Robin Warren, made a major discovery. They found a type of bacteria called Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori, living in the human stomach.