Paying attention to the color of a newborn's poop can mean the difference between life and death for babies with the rare liver disorder biliary atresia—the leading cause of liver transplants in ...

When it comes to babies, what goes down … must sometimes come up. From spit-up to food refusal, about 50% of infants develop at least one functional gastrointestinal disorder, or FGID, between birth ...

Biliary atresia is a rare condition that affects newborns and young infants. One of the most noticeable signs of this condition is a change in stool, which may appear as early as the first few weeks ...

Breast milk, even offered partially alongside formula feeding, changes the chemical makeup—or metabolome—of an infant’s gut in ways that positively influence brain development and may boost test ...

The very first thing many babies encounter when they're born is their mother's poop. If they're born vaginally, head down, ...

Microbes from their mother acquired during birth, and especially from the mother’s poo, help shape a baby’s developing gut ...