As many as one in five adult women may suffer from loss of bowel control, according to a new study from Australia. Bladder problems were also common in women who reported poor bowel control, known as ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: In an earlier column, you wrote about causes of fecal incontinence. You mentioned that there are effective treatments. Can you tell us about them? DEAR READER: Although there are ...

Use of menopausal hormone replacement therapy modestly raises the risk for fecal incontinence (FI), new research suggests. The prevalence of FI ranges from 7% to 15% ...

Older women who consumed a proinflammatory diet had a greater risk of fecal incontinence, prospective data from the Nurses' Health Study found. In analyses that adjusted for dietary fiber and other ...

Phase II Multicenter Study of Bendamustine Plus Rituximab in Patients With Relapsed Indolent B-Cell and Mantle Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer may result ...

Fecal incontinence affects roughly half of all nursing home residents and represents a leading cause of admission to skilled nursing facilities. That’s hundreds of thousands of individuals per year.

Q: In an earlier column, you wrote about causes of fecal incontinence. You mentioned that there are effective treatments. Can you tell us about them? A: Although there are surgical treatments for ...

Fecal incontinence (FI) is the involuntary discharge of liquid or solid stools. FI severity has been described as a combination of the frequency and type of stools, the severity of urgency, and ...

A single series of intrarectal botulinum toxin type A injections may provide significant improvement in fecal incontinence symptoms. Submucosal intrarectal injections of botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA) ...