At-home microbiome tests are having a moment. You mail in a stool sample and get back a report on your gut bacteria, along ...

The lack of replicability of microbiome studies is a barrier to understanding how host–microbe interactions contribute to physiological homeostasis and pathophysiological processes, including heart ...

Before you overhaul your diet based on a stool test, here's what actually moves your gut health, no kit required.

Everyone's mailing in stool samples for a gut report, but can an at-home microbiome test actually tell you anything?

Cologuard is a colon cancer screening test you can do at home. It’s a noninvasive, stool-based test that comes in a kit. You use the kit to collect a stool sample. Then you send the sample to a lab ...

Healthcare professionals consider a healthy pancreatic elastase level above 200 micrograms per gram (mcg/g). Pancreatic elastase is the digestive enzyme that the pancreas produces to help digest food.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...