Although the sensation of defecation urgency in patients with IBS appears in the gut, a recent study suggests that it’s nuanced and related to several regions of the brain.

As a result of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients may have a partial or complete loss of the sensations of defecation. To compensate this impairment, nurses initiate bowel management programs.

Two recently published studies have found that defecation before exercise may lead to smarter decisions and improved sports performance, meaning that defecation may have important implications not ...

The process of excretion or defecation is as important as eating food. Getting rid of the waste products in your body reduces the chances of infections and bacterial diseases to affect you. There are ...

We think about eating but we never think how it goes out of our system, isn’t it? Well, it may seem awkward but defecation is as important part of the body functions, as it is to consume food. You may ...

The UN has called on countries to give greater urgency to sanitation, particularly efforts to end open defecation. "We must break taboos. As was the case for the word 'toilets' a few years ago, it is ...

A local government council chairman in Cross River State, Dr. Fred Okem has bemoaned the high rate of open defecation by residents of the area and warned that an epidemic looms if the practice is not ...

The ancient Chinese practiced copromancy, the diagnosis of health based on the shape, size and texture of feces. So did the Egyptians, the Greeks and nearly every ancient culture. Even today, your ...

OPEN defecation practices, particularly in rural areas, continue, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). PSA data showed open defecation is practiced on average ...