Most people think of the bathroom as one of the safest rooms in the home. It’s private, familiar, and routine. Yet for adults ...

Suddenly, let me ask you all, what kind of posture do you sit in during your daily bowel movements?I remember seeing an image ...

Yes, it was related. In a study of 1,227 stroke patients aged 65 and older who were discharged from a convalescent rehabilitation ward, having a FIM score of 5 or higher for both urination management ...

Defecation urgency in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common and devastating symptom, involves sensory as well as emotional components, suggesting that the brain plays as much of a role in urgency ...

Today marks World Toilet Day, an annual United Nations observance of toilets and an occasion to raise awareness about the 4.2 billion people who still lack access to proper sanitation. The UN General ...

A pore-forming toxin secreted by Pseudomonas entomophila suppresses defecation in infected female fruit flies, blocking the gut's defence of pathogen expulsion and allowing the bacterium to ...

More people have mobile phones than access to toilets, the UN reminded us last week as the general assembly designated 19 November official UN world toilet day. Six billion of the world's population ...