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Research by Cancer Research UK found that about 28,400 cancer deaths each year are associated with deprivation.

Exact Sciences has a multipronged approach to cancer testing. Current products are Cologuard, its flagship stool-based screening test for colorectal cancer, or CRC, and Oncotype DX, its tissue-based ...

The gut microbiome comprises the trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms that live in our digestive tracts, and it has ...

At a shocking 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide, this coprolite is the largest intact piece of ...

The evidence is clear - screening for colorectal cancer may save one's life. Today, more and more people are choosing colorectal cancer screening. As a result, there is a steady decline in the number ...

Researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology have developed MEDI, a groundbreaking method that detects food-derived DNA ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough method to track diet using stool metagenomic data.

A new study reveals that entacapone, a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease, significantly disrupts the gut microbiome by ...

Most of it ends up in landfills, where it generates planet-warming methane. And poop bags can shed microplastics into the environment. Here is how you can reduce that environmental “poo-print ...

Zoos across the country are offering creative ways to let that former boyfriend or girlfriend know what you really think of them ...

You’ll provide a sample of your poop in a small container. Analysts at a lab examine the sample for causes of digestive diseases. Analyzing certain stool proteins, such as calprotectin and ...