A simple stool sample may hold a clearer record of what you eat than a food diary ever could. In a new study, researchers ...

Researchers at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York have collected stool samples from healthy donors as part of a multi-center pilot study researching therapies for patients with irritable bowel syndrome ...

Diets don’t yield the same results for everyone. We all know one person who can eat whatever they want and will not gain or lose a pound, and another who stops drinking soda for a week and somehow ...

A patient’s stool sample, containing information about the gut microbiome, can be used to diagnose nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a study published in the journal Cell Metabolism.

Consumers simply prick a finger, place a drop of blood on a sample card, sealed into an envelope (provided) and mail it to ...

Want to donate a stool sample for science? You've got choices. Two projects seeking to study the bacteria, fungi and other microscopic creatures that live on human bodies are now posted on Indiegogo, ...

A novel method for distinguishing different types of bowel disease using the stool samples of patients has been created by a group of researchers. It works by analyzing the chemical compounds emitted ...

42 Technology (42T), FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, and Rutgers University (Rutgers) have worked together to develop an innovative stool sample processing kit that has played a central ...