Author: Dan Higgins, RGN, ENB 100, ENB 998, is senior charge nurse in critical care, University Hospital Birmingham. Collecting a specimen is often a first crucial step in determining diagnosis and ...

A stool test is a diagnostic procedure that involves analyzing fecal matter, or poop, to check for signs of infection, inflammation, or disease. The specific analysis depends on a person’s symptoms ...

Poop is an unlikely biographer of human life, but it can hold rich and varied stories. Fossilized feces, known as coprolites, have revealed the diets of ancient humans, what their gut bacteria ...

BIOHIT OYJ is excited to announce the launch of the BIOHIT FAEX Sample System, a stool sample collection and handling solution that can be seamlessly incorporated into any diagnostic workflow.

According to Oliver Fiehn, a metabolomics researcher at the University of California, Davis, people are much more than meets the eye. “We are not just human,” he said. “We are an ecosystem.” The ...

A US-based company dedicated to microbiome research is offering people $500 (about Rs 41,000) for a single stool sample. For “high-quality donors” with daily bowel movements, Human Microbes promises ...