Open spina bifida (SB), a neural tube defect (NTD), also known as myelomeningocele, remains the most complex congenital abnormality of the central nervous system compatible with long term survival.

The FDA has issued Medtronic clearance to market the InterStim sacral nerve stimulation therapy system for people with chronic fecal incontinence. The pacemaker-like device has already been FDA ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In your health update today: bowel incontinence affects more than 20 percent of adults but is often not talked about. Our guest today wants to open up communication on the ...

It’s a taboo topic that nobody talks about, but almost one in six Americans suffer with urinary or bowel incontinence. That’s more than the number of people with Alzheimer’s, diabetes or breast cancer ...

announced today that newly published data from a multicenter, prospective trial show that sacral nerve stimulation using Medtronic InterStim® Therapy reduced incontinent episodes and increased quality ...

A leaky butt means a person passes bowel movements, or fecal matter, when they do not want or mean to. While it can occur for short periods of time, some people experience it as an ongoing issue.

In a Healio video exclusive, Simon Travis, DPhil, FRCP, consultant gastroenterologist the University of Oxford, highlighted the unmet need to treat bowel urgency among patients with ulcerative colitis ...

Constipation is difficulty emptying your bowels. Fecal impaction is the buildup of hardened stool in your bowel that you can’t pass. Fecal impaction is a potential complication of chronic constipation ...

A fecal lactoferrin test can detect intestinal inflammation. High lactoferrin levels in stool suggest that inflammation is present. This may indicate a bacterial infection or inflammatory bowel ...