Remember the last time you pooped, stood up, turned around, and carefully took note of your log’s shape and texture?… No? Can’t recall? Well, according to gastroenterologists, you might want to start.

GLP-1 medications can alter bowel movements, with constipation and diarrhea being the most common side effects. These drugs slow digestion to help control appetite, which can lead to changes in stool ...

The snow is finally, mercifully melting. Unfortunately, its replacement is not much better. “There’s dog poop everywhere,” said Karsen Kelsey, a 27-year-old living in Brighton who went out to enjoy ...

Forget checking your Oura ring data. If you really want insight into your health, you should check out your poop. Even if you don’t go to the lengths of mailing your excrement to a team of scientists ...

A revolting reality has emerged as the snow from January’s storm melts away: New York City's dog owners don’t scoop their pets' poop from the sidewalks. Sidewalks throughout the five boroughs resemble ...

The city is currently a dog-shit nightmare. There’s no other way to say it. Dog owners seem to have taken January’s snowstorm as carte blanche to violate an already tenuous social contract: They have ...

Seabird poop, along with food waste, feathers and carcasses, accumulates as guano, which is prized as a nutrient-rich fertilizer. Richard McManus via Getty Images Before the Inca civilization rose to ...

Thirteen miles off the coast of Peru lies a trio of islands with mountainous piles of guano, nicknamed “white gold.” This seabird poop mixed with other waste is such a powerful nitrogen deposit that ...

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 ...

The medication is really taking care of business. A pair of new Canadian clinical trials show poop pills can reduce the toxic side effects of cancer medications and even support patient response to ...

The National Cancer Institute estimates that more than 150,000 people will receive a colorectal cancer diagnosis in 2025, and factors like gender, age, and family health history can increase your risk ...

There are an estimated 90 million dogs in America and they all eat, sleep and poop. It's how that last thing is handled that is the source of aggravation for some pet owners and nature lovers. The ...