Meagan Meadows, a 24-year-old teacher, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. But almost brushed off her sole symptom: ...

Bowel cancer is increasingly affecting younger adults, with diagnoses rising by 50% in the last 30 years. Experts are urging ...

People go to many extremes to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but generating green stool shouldn't be one of them. Your morning trip to the bathrooom revealed you may have had one too many green beers ...

Common symptoms are changes in stool appearance and texture. Normally, stool is brown, but people with bile duct cancer may have pale or clay-colored stools that are oily and float in water. Also ...

If your skin is looking a bit pale (which can occur in people of any skin tone), there’s usually a reason. It could be anything from a vitamin B12 deficiency to a symptom of anemia. The same is true ...

Some people with COVID-19 develop diarrhea that is soft and yellowish or greenish in color. It may also occur with other symptoms, such as nausea. While you may know coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) ...

Doctors check poop for DNA as part of the screening process for colorectal cancer. It helps doctors diagnose people with this disease during its early stages or even when the cells are precancerous.

The signs of IBS used to be too taboo to even mention, but now they're all over TikTok. Here's what's behind the cultural pooping shift and why it matters. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, ...

Researchers have developed a non-invasive stool test that detects colorectal cancer with nearly 90% accuracy by analyzing gut bacteria at the subspecies level. This innovative test offers a more ...

A cup of coffee does more than perk you up—it can help get things moving, too. But timing matters if you want the best ...