Virtually every aspect of your health can be traced back to your microbiome. But some tests are better than others.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by Tiny Health in October 2025 shows the company's swab for their gut health test. (Tiny Health via AP) ...

Tiny Health is one of the com-panies offering at-home tests for one’s intestinal micro-biome. (Tiny Health) At-home gut microbiome tests are trending, selling insights to the curious, empowerment to ...

Doctors warn that at-home gut microbiome tests are largely unregulated, often unreliable and offer little actionable value beyond curiosity. View on euronews ...

Spruiked by online influencers as a way of gaining insight into our health, experts say at-home tests oversimplify complex factors and can cause unnecessary distress ...

We asked doctors to explain the latest research.

A major new review of human studies finds consistent differences in gut bacterial communities between people with mild ...

At-home gut microbiome tests are trending, selling insights to the curious, empowerment to the chronically ill and a claimed path to longevity to the wellness-conscious. Private companies are offering ...