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What's in Your Food? A Peek Under the Cover of the FDA's HandbookHere’s what the FDA allows in your food.
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Why Do Mice Poop So Much?If you've ever had a wild mouse loose in your kitchen, chances are you first noticed the pest because of the droppings it left behind.
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'Poop Transplant' Changes Play Out Over Several Months, Study FindsPatients 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 months.
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Preserved Poop Points the Way to General Hannibal's Historic PathSigns of Hannibal's passage were preserved in poop deposits left behind by his army's horses.
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Frozen Poop Is As Good As Fresh Poop for C. Difficile Treatment
People who have the intestinal infection called Clostridium difficile may benefit from a "poop transplant" that uses frozen poop instead of fresh poop, a new study suggests.
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Ancient Rome Was Infested with Human Parasites, Poop ShowsThe Roman Empire is famous for its advanced sanitation — public baths and toilets — but human poop from the region shows that it was rife with parasites.
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No Crap: Missing 'Mega Poop' Starves EarthEarth has a poop problem. The extinction of whales and other megafauna has resulted in a shortage of mega-manure, which is essential for spreading nutrients around the globe at sea and on land.
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Insect Parts and Mouse Poop: Gross Things in Your FoodThe FDA reassures people that the allowable defects in the U.S. food supply "present no health hazards for humans." But these defects still seem pretty gross.
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What Your Poop Says About Your LifestyleThe poop of people living in modernized countries differs from that of people who live in nonindustrialized countries in a key way, researchers say.
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