Finding your stool suddenly dark black and tar like can be deeply unsettling. Many people immediately assume it is caused by something they ate, but a drastic colour change, especially when the stool ...

Black poop can be caused by foods or medications. Stool may also be black becasue of blood in the digestive tract, known as melena. A small drop of red blood is usually due to minor hemorrhoids but ...

When black poop happens, family practitioners like Christine Traxler, MD, and pediatricians like Alison Mitzner, MD, are often the first ones their patients call. As Dr. Traxler puts it, “There’s been ...