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Feb. 23, 2023 —Bowel leakage, the need for anal incontinence protection and a restricted social life may cause severe, decades-long suffering among women with obstetric injuries to the anal opening, according to a ...
Dec. 15, 2021 —If you're feeling more sudden urges to run to the bathroom as you age, you're not alone. A new study suggests postmenopausal women aged 45 to 54 years are more likely to have overactive ...
Nov. 22, 2022 —Vaginal birth after a previous cesarean section is associated with an increased risk of pelvic floor surgery compared with planning another cesarean, according to a new study. The findings provide ...
Aug. 25, 2020 —Painless magnetic stimulation of nerves that regulate muscles in the anus and rectum appears to improve their function and dramatically reduce episodes of fecal incontinence, a debilitating problem ...
Dec. 13, 2021 —New research sheds light on why a fecal transplant can benefit patients with dangerous recurrent C. difficile infections -- and suggests a way to improve patient ...
Nov. 4, 2022 —Fecal microbial transplants have been given to alter a recipient's metabolism to reduce obesity or alter immunity to fight cancer, and in those transplants recipients are not given suppressive ...
Dec. 22, 2021 —Microplastics -- tiny pieces of plastic less than 5 mm in length -- are everywhere, from bottled water to food to air. According to recent estimates, people consume tens of thousands of these ...
Oct. 22, 2020 —New findings could lead to new therapies for IBD and people who've had portions of their bowels removed due to conditions like colon cancer and ulcerative ...
Oct. 1, 2020 —Today, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) released the first results from the largest real-world study on the safety and effectiveness of FMT. The registry reported that FMT led to a ...
Jan. 24, 2022 —New research analyzed more than 9,000 patient records of people diagnosed with dementia. The team found that people with dementia who were consistently seen by the same GP over the course of one year ...