Black poop can be harmless, caused by certain foods or medications, or it can be a sign of melena, meaning there’s blood in your stool. Melena happens when bleeding occurs in the upper digestive tract ...

board-certified gastroenterologist based in New York City “Black poop can have several causes ranging from dietary factors to more serious medical conditions,” explains Samantha Nazareth ...

For most dog owners, dealing with poop is one of the biggest downsides. Scooping, bagging and disposing of it is messy, inconvenient and generally unpleasant. But shockingly, there hasn’t been a ...

I never imagined I would be writing about dog waste for a column, but a recent incident led to a larger discussion about the ...

When black poop happens, family practitioners like Christine Traxler, MD, and pediatricians like Alison Mitzner, MD, are often the first ones their patients call. As Dr. Traxler puts it ...

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When school officials get reports of bites or find lots of dog poop and damaged turf on a school field, they will shift the sign there from green to yellow. If things get worse, the sign will turn ...

Kids playing on the school field and getting dog poop on their clothing, shoes and sometimes even their hair. Caretakers cleaning feces tracked through corridors and classrooms. Parents sounding ...

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A boy with tousled black hair casually ... what kind of poop it is matters. Scientists monitor E. coli to indicate the presence of feces in river water, but since the bacteria live in the guts of most ...