Disimpaction provides rapid relief from severe constipation by removing trapped stool in the rectum. The most common method of disimpaction involves manually breaking up and removing stool with a ...

Parkridge Medical Center today announced the availability of a minimally-invasive method to treat patients with fecal incontinence, a condition that affects approximately one out of 15 adults.

We have developed a nucleic acid dot-blot hybridization test for the detection of astroviruses in stool samples. The test was not as sensitive as electron microscopy for the detection of low numbers ...

Of all malignancies, colon cancer seems the most avoidable. By inserting a flexible scope into a person’s colon via the rectum, a physician can detect precancerous growths called polyps. A device ...