Fecal Transplant

• Life-changing C. difficile treatment in need of poop donors, London, Ont. hospital says

  St. Joseph's Health Care London says a shortage in fecal donations has led to a patient waitlist for those seeking treatment for C. difficile infections.

  Health

  Sep 14, 2022
  
• B.C. doctor hopes ‘snot’ transplants will help patients with chronic sinus problems

  A Vancouver doctor is hoping he can help his patients with chronic sinus conditions by using a little bit of someone else's mucus.

  Health

  Feb 8, 2019
  
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• Could you be a poop donor? Here’s why clinics are looking

  Fecal donations can help save lives, but how do you convince someone to donate their poo? One hospital in Edmonton is trying to find out.

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  Jun 9, 2018
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• Fecal transplant capsule as good as colonoscopy to treat C. difficile: study

  A Canadian study has found that a fecal transplant for treating clostridium difficile in the gut is effective whether it's delivered by colonoscopy or by swallowing a capsule.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2017
• Could mouse poop and a compound found in red wine factor into fight against diabetes?

  It's perhaps a disgusting combination but some University of Alberta researchers believe the effects of a compound found in red wine and mouse poop could provide tantalizing possibilities in the fight against diabetes.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2017
• Fecal transplants often cure C. diff. but can they help ulcerative colitis?

  Stool transplants appear to be a veritable home run in the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infections. Researchers are now questioning whether the therapy would work for a range of other bowel diseases, and even obesity.

  Health

  Jul 10, 2015
• Fecal transplants are changing patients’ lives

  An Edmonton doctor is one of the few in Canada performing a kind of transplant with a big “ick” factor: fecal.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2014