Even though POP can cause symptoms, like feeling a fullness in the vagina, pelvic pain or pressure, or bowel or urinary changes, POP isn’t always bothersome, Dr. Horner says. Just 3% to 6% of women ...

Regular use of laxatives over long periods may carry risks and should be guided by medical advice, experts are ...

Urologists at Vanderbilt Health are enrolling men with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in a clinical trial named SOPHIA2 to ...

Background: The factors involved in the association between obstetric trauma and the race of the birthing parent are uncertain. We sought to assess the association between race and obstetric trauma, ...

New research suggests early stress may be linked with later gut issues like IBS and chronic constipation or diarrhea.

Intuition is what prompted Colleen McGarrity to get a colonoscopy at age 41. The preventative screening probably saved her life. The Ford City resident experienced spotty symptoms but had no family ...

Objective To examine the effect of exercise during the first year postpartum on pelvic floor disorders and diastasis recti abdominis. Design Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis. Data ...

The 30-year-old man's irritable-bowel syndrome was causing severe pain and he could barely stand up. His mother called 911. It was the third time last week the mother and son had called 911 from their ...

However, there is nothing funny about chronic constipation. Chronic constipation affects about 14% of adults around the world. It more commonly affects older adults, women and non-White populations.