By comparison, prostate cancer figures are somewhat better, with about one-third of patients surviving beyond two years. Elsewhere in the world, these figures are nearly 100 per cent for prostate ...

Her colon had to be “unkinked” during an emergency colonoscopy, Grenham says, then shortened to prevent it from happening again. The sigmoid colon — the part of the large intestine nearest ...

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"If it weren't dismissed as 'just period pain' and women being dramatic, people would realize how terrible it is," Dr. Irene ...

All were completed after changing to the paediatric colonoscope. The other two failures, an obstructing sigmoid cancer and a tight NSAID induced transverse colon stricture, could not be passed even ...

Muscles and nerves that control the bowel can affect the muscles and nerves that control the bladder. Stool in the colon can also put pressure on the bladder, causing it to contract when it shouldn't.

The American Cancer Society estimated that there were about 106,590 new cases of colon cancer in America in 2024. While incidence rates for older adults have dropped about 1% each year from 2011 ...

A bladder spasm, also known as detrusor hyperreflexia, occurs when the bladder muscle squeezes involuntarily without warning. In addition to pain or discomfort, the spasms can lead to bladder leakage ...