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Neurology
Cohort
Resting-state fMRI shows brain activity differences in women with functional constipation and stress urinary incontinence
Does stress incontinence and constipation change how your brain works?
A cohort study of 34 female patients with functional constipation and stress urinary incontinence (FCon-SUI), 24 with functional constipatio…
Women with both constipation and incontinence show unique brain activity patterns linked to movement control and visual processing that diff…
Frontiers
Apr 14, 2026
Pediatrics
Meta-analysis
Pelvic floor physiotherapy improves quality of life and reduces painful defecation in pediatric functional constipation
When Laxatives Are Not Enough, This Therapy May Help Kids
This meta-analysis of seven randomized controlled trials involving 775 pediatric and adolescent participants assessed pelvic floor physiothe…
For children whose constipation will not budge on laxatives alone, targeted pelvic floor therapy eased pain and boosted quality of life acro…
Apr 13, 2026
Infectious Disease
Meta-analysis
Network meta-analysis suggests Chinese patent medicines plus Western medicine may improve functional constipation in elderly
Chinese herbal medicines combined with Western drugs may help elderly constipation
A network meta-analysis of 23 RCTs involving 2065 elderly patients with functional constipation found that six Chinese patent medicines comb…
Adding specific Chinese herbal medicines to standard Western drugs may improve overall treatment response for elderly constipation, though e…
Frontiers
Apr 2, 2026