Age, obstetric trauma, pelvic surgery, chronic diarrhea, obesity and other medical conditions, such as diabetes and stroke, increase the risk of fecal incontinence. Preventive strategies include ...

Nevertheless, this study represents the best to date on the lifetime risk of a woman needing incontinence or prolapse surgery and should be the new reference standard for prevalence of lifetime ...

WILLIMANTIC — National Women Physicians Day was celebrated Feb. 3 to honor the contributions and achievements of female ...

You will typically be discharged from the hospital anywhere from two days to several days after your colorectal surgery if it was done minimally invasively ... Colorectal surgeries can bring you ...

Whether you’re in your twenties or well into menopause, your pelvic floor muscles can affect everything from bladder and bowel control to confidence in the bedroom. Here’s how to protect and ...

IT’S a disease that only affects old men. Wrong. You won’t die of it, you die with it. Wrong again! Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in England, overtaking breast cancer for the first ...

Recovery from your gastric bypass surgery takes about three to six weeks. That said, your "real" recovery lasts a lifetime. This is because right after surgery you must adopt strict eating and ...

Service specifications are important in clearly defining the standards of care expected from organisations funded by NHS England to provide specialised care. The specifications have been developed by ...