NEW YORK – Americans own around 90 million dogs. They provide companionship, reduce stress and help people stay active. They also produce about 12.2 billion kg of waste a year. Most of it ends ...

Most complex organisms have a permanent hole for excreting waste. (Though there are exceptions, like the warty comb jelly, which forms an anus only when nature calls.) In bipeds and quadrupeds ...

Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Dietary fiber is a type of ...

Yes, a person can poop and still be constipated. Constipation does not mean bowel movements stop entirely, but it refers to a reduction in the frequency and consistency of bowel movements. If a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Flu expert says bird flu virus may be spread by infected feces blowing in the wind. Dr. Michael Osterholm is a medical detective and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease ...