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Knowledge dump: Museum launches exhibit all about poo

A museum has launched an exhibit on different types of poo in response to primary school pupils’ questions. Thackray Museum of Medicine, in Leeds, West Yorks., opened the exhibit, simply named ‘POO!’ ...
Yorkshire Evening Post

Ancient turds and fart facts feature in cheeky new Leeds museum exhibit on poo

A museum has launched an exhibit on different types of poo in response to primary school pupils' questions. | Jo Ritchie / SWNS It’s a popular topic with children and now a museum has launched an ...
BBC

Children's questions inspire exhibition about poo

Questions from primary school children, such as "Why is poo so smelly?", have formed the basis of a medical exhibition. Among the artefacts in POO! at the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds are ...
rollonfriday

Exodus of the regulators: LSB boss quits

The head of the Legal Services Board has quit, the latest in a spate of top level resignations at law's regulators. It comes after a year in which the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the LSB ...
Cochrane

Is evacuation proctogram still the reference standard for diagnosis of posterior pelvic floor disorders in women with obstructed defaecation syndrome?

Obstructed defaecation syndrome is a sensation of obstruction during attempts to empty the bowel, a feeling of incomplete bowel emptying, or the need to use a finger to splint the perineum/vagina or ...
NHS England

Shortage of Mo99/Tc99 generators used in the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic procedures, imaging, and some cancer surgeries

There is currently a Europe-wide shortage of Mo99/Tc99, which is used by Curium to manufacture generators used by radiopharmacy units in the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic ...
Europe PMC

The influence of defaecating proctograms on clinical decision-making in pelvic floor disorders.

Defaecating proctogram (DP) studies have become an integral part of the evaluation of patients with pelvic floor disorders. However, their impact on treatment decision-making remains unclear. The aim ...
WebMD

What To Know About Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

What Is Your Pelvic Floor? The pelvic floor is a set of muscles that support many of your organs. In people with uteruses, it supports the uterus, bladder, and colon. In people with penises, it ...
The Mirror

'Strangers think I'm pregnant but I'm just bloated - I can't walk with the pain'

A mum-of-one has opened up about suffering from life-long chronic constipation, which stops her from walking or even sitting down properly. Franchesca Flack, from Essex, says she is constantly ...
Europe PMC

Rectal axis and enterocele on proctogram may predict laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy outcomes for rectal intussusception.

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Nature

Female pelvic floor dysfunction—an imaging perspective

Female pelvic floor disorders affect the majority of women, for at least some time in their lives. In most instances such disorders result in gynecological and urological presentations, but, owing to ...