The urge to poop occurs when your rectum fills up, triggering receptors in the anus to signal the brain: go poop. The longer the stool sits in the rectum, the more water is absorbed from it, making it ...

We all appreciate the little things in life, and that includes spending five minutes on the toilet scrawling through Twitter on company time. But those days may be at risk with the StandardToilet, a ...

You probably don’t think of your poop as art or a book, but each time you finish doing your, um, business, your fecal matter tells a story. That’s because we are what we eat, and whatever we eat ...

It’s time to get to the bottom of this age-old question: How often should you be pooping? Our body absorbs the protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals of the food we eat, leaving behind ...

But one doctor recommends giving yourself a break ― and rethinking how you approach the way you poop going forward. Gastroenterologist Dr. Trisha Pasricha, makes the case for changing up the way you ...

Throne, a startup based in Austin, has developed a toilet add-on that measures gut health through things like frequency, ...

I called a professor who specializes in sanitation to discuss World Toilet Day. He said, "You're asking about my favorite thing — indoor plumbing." Yeah, Kellogg Schwab, a professor at Johns Hopkins ...