Pelvic intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) showed a decrease in gastrointestinal toxicity in women with cervical and ovarian cancer, according to a recent study. Patients who have endometrial ...

Ambulatory research facility located in a tertiary care hospital. Individuals 18–65 years of age, with thoracic vertebrae one (T1) to T11 motor-complete paraplegia of at least 12 months duration were ...

Digestive issues are common after spinal cord injury and can lead to chronic constipation and incontinence. But robotic exoskeleton-assisted walking can improve matters in people with such injuries, ...

A team of researchers has shown that physical intervention plans that included exoskeleton-assisted walking helped people with spinal cord injury evacuate more efficiently and improved the consistency ...

This study was designed as an international validation study. Inter-rater reliability assessed by kappa statistics was very good (⩾0.81) in 5 items, good (0.61–0.80) in 11 items, moderate (0.41–0.60) ...

Pharmacogenetic Profiling in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Treated With First-Line FOLFOX-4 Chemotherapy The number of bowel movements per day increased up to week 4 and then slowly ...

EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors) are involved in the development and progression of many types of cancer and bowel cancer (colon carcinoma) in particular. So-called anti-EGFR antibodies are ...

Exercises designed to strengthen your pelvic floor may help treat some cases of chronic constipation. Chronic constipation is a common digestive issue that can significantly affect your quality of ...

Eating late at night may compound the harmful impacts of stress on your digestive health and gut microbiome, according to recent research.

Fibroids can lead to constipation when they become large or exert pressure on the colon or rectum. Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths that develop in the muscular wall of the uterus. They’re ...

Splinting is a technique people may use to relieve constipation. It involves using a finger to press against the perineum or vaginal wall to help move a stool out of the rectum. There is little ...

A team of researchers has shown that physical intervention plans that included exoskeleton-assisted walking helped people with spinal cord injury evacuate more efficiently and improved the consistency ...