Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Diarrhea and constipation are common causes of fecal incontinence.  Dietary changes and medications can help improve fecal incontinence.Eating smaller meals and going ...

Passive incontinence – refers to the involuntary discharge of stool or gas without awareness; Urge incontinence – refers to the discharge of fecal matter in spite of active attempts to retain bowel ...

DEAR READER: We begin having bowel movements soon after birth, and controlling the process soon thereafter. So it is a surprising and disturbing event when we cannot hold our stool long enough to ...

Phase II Multicenter Study of Bendamustine Plus Rituximab in Patients With Relapsed Indolent B-Cell and Mantle Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer may result ...

Painless magnetic stimulation of nerves that regulate muscles in the anus and rectum appears to improve their function and dramatically reduce episodes of fecal incontinence, a debilitating problem ...

Older women who consumed a proinflammatory diet had a greater risk of fecal incontinence, prospective data from the Nurses' Health Study found. In analyses that adjusted for dietary fiber and other ...

1 Michigan State University, Department of Internal Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA. makol@msu.edu 2 Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel ...