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 ...

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 ...

In average-risk individuals, ColoSense demonstrated 93% sensitivity for detecting colorectal cancer (CRC) and 45% sensitivity for detecting advanced adenomas (AA). The CRC-PREVENT study evaluated more ...

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 ...

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 ...