Parents may soon be able to determine whether their young child has autism by using a new stool test kit developed by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The test, which analyzes gut ...

Automatically mailing a stool test kit to people's homes might be the best way to boost colon cancer screening among younger adults, a new study says. More 45- to 49-year-olds went ahead with cancer ...

Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...

Automatically mailing test kits to people’s homes can improve colon cancer screening More people sent unsolicited stool test kits wound up getting screened Fewer went along with screening if they were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts agree that the microbiome is important to human health. But many are skeptical about how useful these kits are.'Photograph ...

Q: My doctor always encourages me to do a colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. But I have friends who just do a stool test at home, which seems easier. Why should I go through the hassle of a ...

MILLIONS more people are benefiting from life-saving bowel screening compared to a decade ago – according to the NHS. Almost ...

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 ...