If you make it a regular habit to peek at your poop—which we actually encourage you to do as one of those good toilet habits—then you might, on occasion, see a small amount of mucus either in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carol Yepes via Getty Images It’s that time of year again, when everyone’s fighting a cold and blowing their nose. Maybe you’ve ...

For people with conditions such as cystic fibrosis and COPD, mucus can get too thick and sticky; coughing alone can't clear it. Infections develop, leading to severe chronic disease and early death.

The image shows the mucous layer (in green) by colonic cells in normal conditions (center). In cells without FUT8, the mucous layer is thinner and easily removed by washing (left). Cells with high ...

Americans are weathering the worst flu season in years, as a number of other respiratory illnesses circulate too, such as COVID-19, RSV and the common cold. A telltale sign you're getting sick is ...

Mucin concentrations are abnormally raised in each of the four muco-obstructive diseases — COPD, cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis — and these ...

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For healthy people, mucus is our friend. It traps potential pathogens so our airways can dispatch nasty bugs before they cause harm to our lungs. But for people with conditions such as cystic fibrosis ...