Among survey respondents with IBD who had used the mail-order option, 90.5% said they would recommend using a mail-order kit for future stool sample collection, and 83% said they would be interested ...

A stool test is a diagnostic procedure that involves analyzing fecal matter, or poop, to check for signs of infection, inflammation, or disease. The specific analysis depends on a person’s symptoms ...

If you are having digestive symptoms, your doctor may prescribe an at-home stool test, in which you collect stool samples and send them to a lab or bring them to your doctor’s office for analysis.

Some modern stool tests can detect around 92 percent of colorectal cancers. But colonoscopies can detect cancer -- and prevent it. Q: My doctor always encourages me to do a colonoscopy for colorectal ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 80-year-old male in excellent health. I’ve had a colonoscopy every five years following my first in my mid-50s, in which five benign polyps were found. I was told colonoscopies ...

Physicians sometimes do use clinical stool testing, but typically for targeted reasons—like infections, antibiotic ...