Fecal transplants, though experimental, have been lifesaving, reports the New York Times, citing the cases of some patients who were being ravaged by “uncontrollable diarrhea” caused by the bacterial ...

Most of us have heard of heart, liver and kidney transplants. But not many know about poop transplant or Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). FMT, also known as stool transplant, is approved ...

Tim Rubin, a gastroenterologist at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minn., will be featured on the nationally syndicated television show “The Doctors” next week for performing fecal transplants, according ...

This spring, a 73-year-old man with a rare blood condition became the first person to die from drug-resistant bacteria found in a fecal transplant. New details about that unprecedented incident ...

Fecal transplant is used to treat gut infections and is now being studied as a treatment for obesity, urinary tract infections, irritable bowel syndrome and more. By Richard Klasco, M.D. Q. What is a ...

A noninvasive method of delivering a promising therapy for persistent Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection appears to be as effective as treatment via colonoscopy or through a nasogastric ...

The FDA issued a safety alert on Thursday after a patient who received a fecal transplant died. The patient, who had a weakened immune system, developed an antibiotic-resistant infection that was a ...

Fecal transplants, though experimental, have been lifesaving, reports the New York Times, citing the cases of some patients who were being ravaged by “uncontrollable diarrhea” caused by the the ...