"Stool toileting refusal" is quite common—here's how you can get past it. Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her ...

Sometimes a good poop is hard to come by. Maybe you find yourself spending an inordinate amount of time languishing on the toilet, waiting for the deed to be done. Or maybe, during moments of intense ...

Since the introduction of the flush toilet more than 100 years ago, we've been going about our business in basically the same way: sit, go, flush. A few years ago, a Utah family decided to update that ...

The Squatty Potty looks like a typical medical device. It's plastic, white, and efficiently designed but not too streamlined. It props your legs up while you poop and nothing more. I can't deny that ...

The bathroom is a sacred space, a private place in your home where you can handle your business uninterrupted. But even if you’re doing everything right to keep your bowel movements regular, sometimes ...

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The source of their distress? A small child who is trying to learn how to poop like a member of modern society. Ask any parent who has had to do multiple loads of particularly unpleasant laundry, or ...