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 ...

Fecal incontinence, also known as bowel incontinence or accidental bowel leakage, is the inability to control your bowel ...

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) ...

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.

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 ...

Women who gave birth naturally are at greater risk of experiencing bowel incontinence, an embarrassing condition. The condition can be found in both sexes and all ages. But while reports from the US ...

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% ...