Poop irregularities may be more “regular” than you think. In a new Health survey of 2,001 adults in the U.S., a third of respondents reported poop abnormalities in the past month, such as seeing blood ...

Mucus in stool is normal, but it's not usually visible to the naked eye. When it is, you may notice stringy clear, white, or ...

A Tennessee laboratory has come up with a solution -- CSI-style DNA testing of dog poop to identify at least some the culprits, which it calls "poopetrators." BioPet Vet Lab of Knoxville is providing ...

Diarrhea. It's bad enough when a pet has stinky loose stools, but when they're mixed with bright red blood — or a pet strains to defecate and produces blood only — even the most sanguine pet owner ...

A stool that looks like currant jelly can indicate a bowel disorder called intussusception. However, bloody mucus in the stool may also be a sign of other conditions, such as inflammatory bowel ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Poop irregularities may be more “regular” than you ...