Everyone poops, but it’s still something a lot of us have an awfully hard time talking about. (Unless you’re my 6-year-old and 3-year-old, who cannot talk about poop enough, it turns out.) Ekaterina ...

If you’ve never heard of the Bristol Stool Chart, you may not know that there are actually several different types of poop. And while discussing your pooping habits might be taboo—sometimes it’s ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In addition to being able to describe your stool to a doctor, it's helpful to have a general idea of the ...

Your poop is basically a daily health report, and the clues are all there, shape, colour, smell, consistency, and how often you go. Paying attention without spiralling into panic is the sweet spot: ...

If you take a look at the Bristol Stool Scale, a visual chart that classifies bowel movements, ghost poops qualify as a Type ...

Here’s what the colour of your poop means. What the colour of your poop says about your health [shuttershock] Bile is what gives poop its brown colour. If your poop is a different colour, it could be ...

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Everyone poops, but it turns out we don’t all need to poop every day. That’s a misconception, said gastroenterologist Dr. Folasade May, an associate professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Stringy poop can be caused by a lack of fiber and fluids in your diet.Some infections can cause stringy poop, but your poop should return to normal when the infection ...