Scientists have discovered that gut-born bacteria may hold the secret for treatments of everything from IBD to Parkinson’s disease. Now they just need samples from the people living in the most ...

Portal 2 ’s very best gag comes at the start of the game, in its tutorial stages, and spins Portal ’s game-design satire into ...

If the thought of answering nature’s call in your office’s communal bathroom makes you break out in a sweat, you’re far from alone. Surveys show that a third of employees are scared to poop on the job ...

Everyone poops. But how often? Given the fact that modern society has, for good reason, sequestered the ritual to isolation, it’s normal to wonder what it’s like—and the frequency with which it ...

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your stomach and your intestines. But some of what you eat makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes ...

If you’ve ever been struck by urgent signals from your bowels in the middle of a work meeting, a first date, or a milestone event, it may have felt like the worst possible time to need to go. You ...

"Ghost poop" is a bowel movement that seemingly disappears without a trace after you flush the toilet. There’s no sign of it either in the toilet paper that you used to wipe your butt or in the toilet ...

While normal bathroom habits can be different from person to person, there is a hard rule about how long to spend on the toilet — and when you should give up. A healthy bowel movement should only take ...

NOTE: We would be remiss not to take advantage of this spell of abnormally cooler weather in North Texas this year. That’s why, despite Dallas’ concrete confines, we’ve been offering up suggestions ...

Digestive health has a bigger impact on daily life than many of us realize. It influences not only physical comfort but also energy levels, mood and confidence. After all, when something feels “off” ...

(THE CONVERSATION) If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you’ve found yourself needing to go, with no toilet in sight. He warned the uptick of pet waste bags ...