Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Tim Rubin, a gastroenterologist at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minn., will be featured on the nationally syndicated television show “The Doctors” next week for performing fecal transplants, according ...

Changes in the way that humans live and eat have resulted in tremendous alterations in the gut microbiome, especially over the past few decades. These changes have been linked to increased rates of ...

Share on Pinterest Fecal transplants could be used in conjunction with current cancer treatments to boost results. /Getty Images THIERRY ZOCCOLAN/Getty Images In recent years, a type of treatment ...

Disimpaction provides rapid relief from severe constipation by removing trapped stool in the rectum. The most common method involves manually breaking up and removing stool with a gloved finger. After ...