Women More Willing Than Docs to Accept Labor Risks Nov 21, 2008
They looked at 17 potential complications, including various degrees of vaginal tearing, fecal incontinence, or urinary incontinence; emergency C-section; pain in delivery, labor and after birth; sexual problems; and vaginal prolapse. For each one of the complications, study participants gave a percentage for the risk they would be willing to accept before deciding on a C-section. (MEDLINEplus)
Possible Link Between Diabetes And Pelvic Girdle Syndrome Nov 14, 2008
20, 2008) Nearly one-quarter of women surveyed, and more than one-third of older women, report at least one pelvic floor disorder, which includes urinary and fecal incontinence and the shifting of a pelvic. (Feb. (Science Daily)
Kegel Exercise Relieves Post-Pregnancy Incontinence Oct 18, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women can prevent or treat urinary or fecal incontinence due to childbirth by pelvic floor muscle training, a new review of current scientific evidence shows ... To investigate the latest scientific evidence on the effectiveness of Kegel exercises for treating urinary and fecal incontinence after childbirth, the researchers looked at 15 studies that included 6,181 women ... The exercise group was also 46-percent less likely to have fecal incontinence. (MEDLINEplus)
Understanding Transverse Myelitis Oct 17, 2008
This syndrome, which occasionally recurs in patients with multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) can cause symptoms of paraplegia, urinary retention and fecal incontinence. Causes. (Suite101.com)
Incontinence Affects A Substantial Proportion Of Women; Prevalence Increases With Age Sep 21, 2008
20, 2008) Nearly one-quarter of women surveyed, and more than one-third of older women, report at least one pelvic floor disorder, which includes urinary and fecal incontinence and the shifting of a pelvic organ, according to a new study ... Pelvic floor disorders include urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse (when a pelvic organ, such as the uterus, drops [prolapses] from its normal spot and pushes against the walls of the vagina), and other sensory and emptying abnormalities of... (Science Daily)
Pelvic disorders common among women Sep 18, 2008
CHICAGO - Nearly one quarter of all U.S. women have some sort of pelvic floor disorder such as urinary or fecal incontinence, and more cases are likely as the population ages, researchers said on Tuesday ... They were examined for symptoms of urinary and fecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, in which an organ such as the bladder drops and pushes against the walls of the vagina ... 7 percent had urinary incontinence, 9 percent had fecal incontinence and 2. (MSNBC -- Health)
Female Incontinence a Prevalent Problem Sep 18, 2008
TUESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 25 percent of American women have a pelvic floor disorder, such as urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse, according to new research ... Fecal incontinence was diagnosed if women reported having at least once monthly leakage of stool ... Almost 16 percent of the women reported urinary incontinence, 9 percent experienced fecal incontinence, and 2. (MEDLINEplus)
Pelvic disorders affect large number of women, UT Southwestern researchers find Sep 18, 2008
For the current study, the researchers focused on three conditions: urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence and symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse, which occurs when women can feel or see an organ dropping or bulging in the vaginal area ... 7 percent of women experienced urinary incontinence; 9 percent experienced fecal incontinence; and 2. (EurekAlert!)
Study: Incontinence a Common Problem Among Women Sep 17, 2008
Of the women who reported any symptom of a pelvic-floor disorder, 16% experienced urinary incontinence, 9% reported fecal incontinence and almost 3% had symptoms of pelvic-organ prolapse ... Not so for fecal incontinence, says Nygaard, which she calls a "profoundly embarrassing" condition for most patients ... Physicians have to depend on patients to detail symptoms like urinary and fecal incontinence that are not apparent in a routine physical exam. (Time.com)
Q&A: What to take from new prostate screening guide Aug 6, 2008
Prostate cancer treatment also can cause serious complications, including impotence, urinary and fecal incontinence. Up to 1 in 200 men actually die from the treatments for prostate cancer, rather than the tumor itself, he says. (USA Today -- News)
Delaying Repair of Childbirth Injury Not Harmful Jul 8, 2008
By the one-year mark, most women in both surgery groups said they "never" had fecal incontinence, report Dr. J. Nordenstam and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Gas incontinence was a continuing problem for about half of the women in each group. (MEDLINEplus)
Probiotics Help Adult Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery May 24, 2008
In another obesity-related study presented at the conference, Erica Roberson, a postgraduate researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, reported that fecal incontinence and urinary incontinence are little talked about but real problems for patients both before and after bariatric surgery. While fecal incontinence tends to worsen after bariatric surgery, urinary incontinence tends to improve ... Fifty-four percent of patients with fecal incontinence said the problem was worse after... (MEDLINEplus)
Potential Remedies To Obesity And Its Health Threats May 23, 2008
Prevalence of Fecal Incontinence (FI) and Urinary Incontinence (UI) after Bariatric Surgery. Researchers studying the prevalence of urinary (UI) and fecal (FI) incontinence in patients who have undergone bariatric surgery to treat obesity have found that FI is not only highly prevalent in this population, but it worsens for a majority of patients after surgery. (Science Daily)
Behavioral Therapy Doesn't Ease Kids' Constipation May 10, 2008
As many as 84 percent of children with constipation also have fecal incontinence, while more than a third have behavioral problems, they add ... After conventional therapy, children were defecating more frequently than those who also received behavioral therapy, while fecal incontinence rates were no different ... Success rates, defined as defecating three or more times weekly and having fecal incontinence once or less every two weeks, did not differ between the two groups from a statistical... (MEDLINEplus)
Q-Med Sees Continued Weak Deliveries to North America and Japan Apr 11, 2008
The product portfolio today contains: Restylane for filling lines and folds, contouring and creating volume in the face, Macrolane for body contouring, Durolane for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee joints, Deflux for the treatment of vesicoureteral reflux, VUR, (a malformation of the urinary bladder) in children, and Solesta for the treatment of fecal incontinence. Sales are made through the company's own subsidiaries or distributors in over 70 countries. (BusinessWire)
Q-Med AB and Palomar Enter into International Distribution Agreement, Q-Med AB to Distribute Palomar Products Outside North America Jan 9, 2008
Joseph P. Caruso, Palomar CEO said, "There is great potential in combining the effects of Palomar's light-based systems with Q-Med s leading range of dermal fillers and injectable implants. Both companies are focused on developing new technologies for products that provide superior results. The combination of our individual strengths should yield interesting and important new approaches to satisfying consumer needs. Of the many companies Palomar considered working with to better expand Palomar's... (BusinessWire)
Constipation as Cause of Stomach Pain Overlooked Dec 25, 2007
Despite these children meeting criteria for constipation, including less than 3 stools per week, one or more episode of fecal incontinence per week, large stools, or painful defecation, neither the parents nor the children associated the abdominal pain with constipation. Parents are frequently unaware of their child's bowel habits, Loening-Baucke said, and may count soiling episodes as bowel movements. (MEDLINEplus)
NIH Panel Seeks To Dispel Stigma Associated With Fecal And Urinary Incontinence Dec 18, 2007
"It's time to remove the stigma associated with urinary and fecal incontinence," said C. Seth Landefeld, M.D., Director of the Center on Aging at the University of California San Francisco and chair of the conference panel ... Though fecal and urinary incontinence can affect men and women at all life stages, both conditions disproportionately affect women, especially those who have given birth, as pelvic muscle injury during childbirth and routine episiotomy are associated with a higher rate of... (Science Daily)
Panel urges end to incontinence stigma Dec 13, 2007
But Wednesday's panel cited estimates that 1 million women a year still receive a routine one, leading to perhaps 1,000 of them suffering fecal incontinence directly after birth or later in life ... Fecal incontinence is harder to measure, even more stigmatized and thus hardly ever studied. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Dangerous diarrheal bacterium found on asymptomatic patients Sep 23, 2007
Patients with a previous history of CDAD and antibiotic use in the prior three months were likely to be asymptomatic carriers; patients with fecal incontinence were even more so. . (EurekAlert!)
Q-Med Announces Results of North American Clinical Study of ZUIDEX Jul 12, 2007
The product portfolio today contains: RESTYLANE for the filling out of lips and facial wrinkles and for facial contouring, DUROLANE, for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee joints, DEFLUX for the treatment of vesicoureteral reflux, VUR, (a malformation of the urinary bladder) in children, ZUIDEX, for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women and SOLESTA, for the treatment of fecal incontinence. Sales are made through the company's own subsidiaries or distributors in... (BusinessWire)
Nominee for surgeon general facing opposition of 'gays' Jun 15, 2007
"From the perspective of pathology and pathophysiology, the varied sexual practices of homosexual men have resulted in a diverse and expanded concept of sexually transmitted disease and associated trauma," it continued, citing instances of gonorrhea, chlamydia trachomatis, syphilis, herpes simplex infections, genital warts, pubic lice, scabies, Shigella species, Campylobacter jejuni, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis non-A, non-B, and cytomegalovirus,... (WorldNetDaily)
Uroplasty, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2007 Financial Results Jun 7, 2007
67) Weighted average common shares outstanding: Basic and diluted 8,591,454 6,746,412 Uroplasty, Inc., headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, with wholly-owned subsidiaries in The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, is a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative products for the treatment of voiding dysfunctions, including urinary and fecal incontinence, overactive bladder and vesicoureteral reflux ... Outside the United States, the Urgent PC is also indicated... (PR Newswire)
New Prevention, Treatment Methods For Patients With Painful Bowel Inflammation May 24, 2007
Moreover, as a result of limited or aggressive surgical treatment, a dilemma stands between permanent recurrence and fecal incontinence. On the other hand, long-term efficacy of biological treatment is limited and adverse events can occur. (Science Daily)
Ulcerative colitis sufferers find UC quite disruptive to many aspects of daily life May 17, 2007
Specific worries most commonly mentioned by UC patients were developing colon cancer, having their colon removed, requiring surgery and public fecal incontinence. Compliance is a challenge. (EurekAlert!)
Fecal Incontinence in Adults Apr 19, 2007
A 53-year-old otherwise healthy woman presents with a 2-year history of intermittent fecal incontinence. Because of embarrassment, she has curtailed her social and professional activities. (New England Journal of Medicine)
MiraLax switches from prescription to over-the-counter status Mar 29, 2007
3 DeLillo A.R. S. Functional bowel disorders in the geriatric patient: constipation, fecal impaction and fecal incontinence. American Journal of Gastroenterology. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
