If your skin is looking a bit pale (which can occur in people of any skin tone), there’s usually a reason. It could be anything from a vitamin B12 deficiency to a symptom of anemia. The same is true ...

Last week, fans of the new Oreo Peeps discovered that eating a lot of the cookies—a vanilla shell with bright-pink filling—left them with an unexpected surprise in the toilet: pink poops. People can’t ...

Orange poop can be caused by eating foods with orange coloring or taking certain medications. Lack of bile or blocked bile ducts can make your poop orange. If orange poop happens often with other ...

A range of colors, textures, frequencies and volumes are considered normal. But there are some things to watch out for. Credit...Sofia Hydman Supported by By Annie Sneed [This guide was originally ...

Generally, “normal” poop should be brown. When you eat food, it eventually turns that color by the time it exits the body in the form of stool, according to Baltimore colon and rectal surgeon Jeffery ...

My receptionist Mandy came scurrying into the office: “Doctor, Mrs. Ferris is on the phone and she says she needs to bring her mother in right now because of a blue stool.” Sometimes I’m a little slow ...

It’s not the most pleasant topic to think about, but the colour of our poop can quietly reveal how healthy our gut and liver really are. Every shade, from deep brown to pale or even green, tells a ...

The 52-year-old truck driver in my office had rushed in a few minutes earlier. He had passed a large black stool (well known as an indicator of internal bleeding) and feared the worst. A test for the ...

A small study conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center has verified the ability of a free smartphone app to accurately read, interpret, and record the color of a newborn's ...