A teenage wood shop apprentice in Turkey died after his co-workers inserted a high-pressure air hose up his rectum as a horrific “prank” — the latest incident in which the power tool has killed a ...

King Charles Would Be Making a “Serious Mistake” If He Agrees to Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s “Brazen Demand,” a Royal Expert Says Detective says Melissa Perez was not close to officers when ...

Question: How common is pelvic organ prolapse? Answer: About 50% of women will experience some degree of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in their lifetime. If surgery is needed, there is a 30% chance of ...

Near dawn every morning, a nurse walks into the hospital room, wakes the patient and subjects him to what for many remains a humiliating procedure, although it has become routine: insertion of a ...

A weak pelvic floor is a common condition; some risk factors are age, pregnancy, chronic constipation and coughing. Working with a pelvic floor physical therapist can help you improve your symptoms ...

Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD (seated) with nurse Kieran Kelleher BSN-RN. Dr. Garcia-Aguilar and the colorectal service at MSK are experts at the watch and wait approach to ...

‘The reality of childbirth and how it is portrayed are so wildly different that I can’t help but feel frustrated on behalf of my patients.’Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/Dr Jocelyn Fitzgerald A ...

Urethral prolapse, also known as urethrocele, is a very rare condition most often found in prepubescent girls. The likelihood of this condition happening is about 1 out of every 5,000 girls. Urethral ...

Surgical selection is particularly important for recurrent rectal prolapses. While long-term quality of life (QOL) and functional outcomes are comparable between resection rectopexy (RR) and ventral ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...