HOUSTON — Doctors say pills filled with human feces have completely cured 90 percent of patients they’ve studied who suffer from clostridium difficile. The chronic infection, commonly referred to as C ...

Archaeologists don’t always find bones or artifacts. Sometimes, they found something unglamorous that offers a unique type of information. Like poop, for instance. In a new study, published in PLOS ...

Researchers in Turkey say they have unearthed archaeological evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments. Although Roman texts described the practice, this is the first time that ...