Understand the first dirty diapers. Early poop is meconium: a black or dark-green, thick, sticky, tar-like substance. It’s made up of intestinal cells, lanugo (the downy hair some babies are born with ...

There’s a useful chart that can help you determine if your stool falls into a healthy or not-so-healthy category.

You may be able to tell a lot about your health from how often you poop. “In the scientific literature, we see strong associations between bowel movement frequency abnormalities (constipation, in ...

Daily bowel movement is more than a routine. It is one of the most research-supported indicators of digestive health. Harvard trained gastroenterologist, Dr. Saurabh Sethi says ‘Poop is one of the ...

Everybody poops, but how often people go could reveal a lot about their long-term health, according to research published Tuesday in the journal Cell Reports Medicine. The study of more than 1,400 ...