Increased risk of colorectal cancer across consecutive birth cohorts

colorectal cancer CRC epidemiology is being transformed by the birth cohort effect, also known as birth cohort CRC, an observed phenomenon of increased risk of colorectal cancer across generations for people born after 1960, according to a new narrative review. Birth cohort CRC is associated with increased rectal cancer ( colon cancer) diagnosis and distant-stage […]

One in five women miss out on opportunities due to anal incontinence after giving birth

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are calling for improved care and greater awareness of the injury that causes anal incontinence in more than one in five births. More than one in five women will experience anal incontinence during the first five years after giving birth vaginally. Anal incontinence is common and usually caused by trauma […]

One in five women miss out on opportunities due to anal incontinence after giving birth

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are calling for improved care and greater awareness of the injury that causes anal incontinence in more than one in five births. More than one in five women will experience anal incontinence during the first five years after giving birth vaginally. Anal incontinence is common and usually caused by trauma […]