At intervals of five to nine days, healthy volunteers were given two 12.5-mg promethazine rectal suppositories, one 25-mg suppository, one 50-mg suppository, or 50 mg (10 mL) of promethazine oral ...

Learning how to use a rectal thermometer is essential if you have children younger than 4 years. Pediatricians recommend using a rectal thermometer because it produces the most accurate body ...

Rectal discharge, or anal discharge, can appear as anal mucus, pus, or blood in stools or underwear. There are many possible causes of rectal discharge, including gastrointestinal conditions ...

A rectal ulcer is a break or injury in the mucous membrane that lines the rectum. While these ulcers are most often linked to a rare condition called solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), there are ...

Hora Nemati, Medical Assistant (l) and Evangelos Messaris, MD, Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery (r) consult with a patient Our world-class colon and rectal surgery experts provide quick access to care ...

Objectives: This study aimed to identify, measure and evaluate expected costs of innovative palonosetron-based antiemetic therapy versus ondansetron-based treatment, the ultimate aim being to ...

Patients with secondary rectal cancer after prostate cancer radiation therapy may have worse survival than patients with primary rectal cancer. Secondary rectal cancer after prostate cancer ...

Autopsies indicate that rectal injury may occur in more than 6% of patients. What is needed, says the A.M.A., is a thermometer that will not cause injury. But no U.S. manufacturer has yet produced ...

Rectal cancer is a cancer deriving from abnormal cell growth in the lining or epithelium of the rectum. Rectal and colorectal tumours are genetically considered to be the same cancer. Rectal ...

And at the very end of the colon is the rectum. So, in a sense, rectal cancer is worse, because it's very low, many times if it's really low, in order to remove it, the patient has to have a ...

Sharing your thoughts and feelings with your partner can help with this. Most people have problems with their bowel function for several weeks after rectal cancer surgery, and for many, these problems ...