The truth is there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question because it depends on much more than biology. Womenâs social and economic backgrounds shape their life trajectories in profound ways. It is against this backdrop that the consequences of early or late childbearing for womenâs health and well-being play out. Data suggests that for African-American women, childbearing in the young adult years appears to be more harmful to later health than having children as a teenager.
The Test Sample. The stool culture is a test that detects and identifies bacteria that cause infections of the lower digestive tract. The test distinguishes between the types of bacteria that cause disease (pathogenic) and the types that are normally found in the digestive tract (normal flora).
Poop (feces or stool) floats because of an increased content of gas or water (or both). This question was addressed in a prestigious medical journal, the New England Journal of Medicine (May 4, 1972) by Dr. Michael Levitt from the University of Minnesota, who is an authority on intestinal gas. To float, stools must contain gas. Whether the stool is a floater or a sinker depends upon differences in gas rather than fat content. A high stool gas content (and hence a floating stool) is related to gas (methane) content. Thus, stools float because of an increased content of gas or water (or both). There is nothing wrong with floaters.