The documentary features a woman named Daniell Koepke who talks about how she has found relief from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by performing a DIY poop transplant at home, using her brother's ...
SAN DIEGO — Patients who undergo a "poop transplant" to treat severe diarrhea often see their symptoms get better within days, but their gut bacteria continue to undergo dramatic changes for at least ...
Daniell Koepke turned to DIY poop transplants to find relief from debilitating gut symptoms. She used her brother and boyfriend as donors, and her symptoms improved. But she also got acne like her ...
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. —D. H. Lawrence Yes, fecal transplants are a thing. And they are just as cringeworthy as you might imagine. But to ...
Stollman is chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and works at the East Bay Center for Digestive Health, both in Oakland, California.. Twenty years ago, a ...
Share on Pinterest A small new trial suggests that stool transplants could be a helpful treatment option in early-stage Parkinson’s disease. Image credit: THIERRY ZOCCOLAN/Getty Images. Parkinson’s ...
Doctors have upended assumptions about a rare gut disorder by turning to one of medicine’s strangest tools, a transplant of ...
One patient died and four were hospitalized after receiving OpenBiome stool transplants as a treatment for Clostridium difficile, the FDA said in a March 12 safety alert. In total, six patients ...
In the afterglow of successful fecal transplants, researchers are now sniffing around vaginal fluids for the next possible bodily product to improve health—and they’re roused by the possibilities.