A woman inserted her boyfriend's poop into her rectum for an experimental colitis treatment. Saffron Cassaday shared her experiences with fecal microbial transplants ...

Saffron Cassaday, right, pictured with her husband and stool donor, Al Mukadam. Cassaday did fecal microbiota transplantation, which involves transferring stool from a healthy donor to a patient to ...

Looking for the scoop on types of poop? It may not be a topic of daily conversation, but your bowel movements can tell you ...

A gut microbe secretes macrophage-targeting factors, rendering the intestinal layer vulnerable to ulcerative colitis, ...

A variant of the Aeromonas bacterium promoted colon inflammation in mice and was detected in stools and colon tissue from ...

What do test results show with active ulcerative colitis? Diagnosis requires blood and stool tests during an active phase. Blood Test -Hemoglobin to look for anemia and elevated white cell count. An ...

Phase 3b LUCENT-URGE is the first study in inflammatory bowel disease to assess bowel urgency across three measures — severity, frequency and stool deferral time — reflecting the spectrum of its ...

I first started having symptoms of ulcerative colitis when I was 18. I had just enlisted in the Air Force and was on assignment in South Korea when I started noticing changes in my body. I had bloody ...

Having all three of these symptoms at once narrows down the possible causes to just a few possibilities. When you’re not feeling well, there’s often more than one thing that’s bothering you. Many ...