The daily life of a doctor can be busy and varied — seeing patients, saving lives, looking at smartphone photos of patients’ daily poops — wait, what was that last one again? Yup, doctors are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (yellow) and a human white blood cell (red). Thousands of years ago, ancient ...

The procedure involves transplanting healthy poop into the gut of a skin cancer patient. A study suggests that these transplants could help patients respond better to immunotherapy. Visit the Business ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Human waste is not always held in the highest regard, but a procedure known as a "fecal transplant" is drastically changing the lives of sick patients. Sami Montella said her ...

As an ulcerative colitis patient, this is unfortunate but not surprising. There is generally no logic to when and where I have issues, in that food that previously caused no problems at all can cause ...

In a new study, researchers at the University of Chicago were able to predict postoperative infections in liver transplant patients by analyzing molecules in their poop. Their analysis represents a ...

In a new study, researchers at the University of Chicago were able to predict postoperative infections in liver transplant patients by analyzing molecules in their poop. Their analysis represents a ...

A Florida doctor did a procedure on the wrong end of a colon, halting the patient’s ability to pass gas or excrete waste through his rear, a Florida Department of Health administrative complaint says.

For some cancer patients, a "poop transplant" could boost the positive effects of immunotherapy, a treatment designed to rally the immune system against cancer cells. Now, a new study, published Feb.

Aside from the stated issue of lack of standardization of poop biota, I think that some people may grow up with a germ flourishing inside them and be 'immune' to it, but put a significant quantity of ...