When your child gets diarrhea, it’s a bad time for everyone. But what really causes it? And how do you get it to stop? Pediatrician Dr. Cindy Gellner discusses some of the most common myths about ...

Green poop can have various causes in infants, toddlers, and older kids. It often occurs due to something they ate, but can sometimes indicate a food sensitivity. The scoop on green poop As a parent, ...

Hosts Alok Patel and Bethany Van Delft get into the bowels of babies’ and childrens’ guts — and try to solve the mysteries of diarrhea, constipation, and “poop diaper.” Using everything from paint ...

"How often do you poop?" might sound like a very personal question, but your answer could reveal quite a lot about your ...

There are two ways to try to draw attention to the oft-ignored issue of diarrhea in the Third World. You can point out that it's literally a dead serious thing, an ailment that kills more than a ...

Stool-based TB diagnosis is not yet being implemented in South Africa. But, according to da Silva, the addition of stool as an additional specimen type for TB diagnosis in children in the country is ...

Gastroenteritis is an intestinal infection that causes symptoms like diarrhea, cramping, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever. Viruses, bacteria, and parasites can cause gastroenteritis. A ...

A fecal lactoferrin test can detect intestinal inflammation. High lactoferrin levels in stool suggest that inflammation is present. This may indicate a bacterial infection or inflammatory bowel ...