Other tests require you to collect stool samples on more than one day. You then send the samples, in a special container and envelope, directly to your doctor's office for analysis with a ...

This may feel like cramps and aches that may be dull or sharp. Diarrhea is when you experience loose, watery stools at least three times daily. You may also feel like you have to pass a bowel ...

If people have blood in the stool, they may benefit from speaking with a doctor. Various foods can turn a person’s stool black, including blueberries, licorice, and blood sausage. Certain ...

Avoiding passing poop may result in constipation. When this occurs, the lower intestine absorbs water from the stool that accumulates in the rectum. Stool with less water is more difficult to pass ...

Stool softeners, also known as emollient laxatives, are over-the-counter (OTC) medications used to soften hard stools. While other types of laxatives stimulate the digestive tract or draw water into ...

Having clay-colored or light-colored stool just once, or every now and then, isn't usually a concern. But a consistently pale or light poop color may be a sign of a serious medical condition like ...

Mild dehydration can lead to constipation and stool that's darker brown and harder than normal. But black, tarry stool is often a sign of bleeding in your digestive tract. What does unhealthy ...

It can be disconcerting if your stool looks different than normal. Green poop is not usually cause for concern and should go away after a few days. Still, some symptoms could signal a health concern.

Armen Davoudian combined Persian and Armenian culture with English to reflect on life abroad and in the United States during a poetry reading Wednesday. Davoudian, a doctoral student studying ...

Pro-Russian paramilitary leader Armen Sarkisyan has been killed in a bomb explosion at a luxury apartment block in Moscow, according to Russian media. The bomb detonated as the eastern Ukranian ...