Since it is Thursday, I would like to talk about surgery again today.Previously, I wrote about what minimally invasive surgery is.Small incisions. Less bleeding. Less pain.Of course, these are also ...

One warning matters. Patients should not do kegels while a catheter is in place. Once the catheter is removed, leakage can ...

Imagine there's a button inside your body that provides pleasure in the style of the early aughts "That Was Easy" button. As it turns out, for people with prostates, the prostate gland is a pretty ...

A lack of fiber can affect more than your bathroom habits. Here, dietitians share signs that you need to up your fiber intake.

For the unfamiliar, “the prostate is a small gland approximately the size of a walnut that sits just below the bladder, in front of the rectum, and surrounds part of the urethra,” explains Justin ...

Learn why dogs scoot their hindquarters, the medical causes behind the behavior, and when you must take your pet to a veterinarian for treatment.

Dr. Elliot Androphy, a physician and researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine, founded Kovina Therapeutics in 2020. The startup seeks to ...

Our diet and lifestyle shape our microbial community, and our microbial community can influence how our body responds to what ...

A lack of fiber can affect more than your bathroom habits. Here’s what to watch for.

Whoever denied it, supplied it. Whoever smelt it, dealt it. Not all fart myths are factual, but there is one flatulent trope ...

A YOUNG woman whose bowel issues were repeatedly dismissed as anxiety was actually suffering from a life-changing stomach ...

In endurance events, it is not uncommon for elite athletes, some because of diets, body structure and training methods, to experience gastrointestinal problems that can lead to involuntary evacuation ...