SAN DIEGO — By skipping rectal examinations as part of their workup, physicians may be missing the cause of constipation for some, a new study suggests. Constipation is one of the most common reasons ...

Introduction: Constipation has been one of the most common diseases referred to the pediatric gastroenterology clinic, reaching up to 30% of all clinic referrals. Digital rectal examination is the ...

To date, there is only a limited amount of information on the significance of using DREs for prostate cancer diagnosis among Asian men. The objective of this study was to evaluate DREs for prostate ...

A Jamaican urologist is urging a shift in the focus of prostate cancer screening from the long-promoted digital rectal examination (DRE) to the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test, citing what ...

A new study has found that digital rectal examination alone or in combination with a blood test does not improve prostate cancer detection compared to the blood test alone. The findings suggest that ...

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The finger-up-the-bottom examination for prostate cancer has been drawn into question. An international panel of ...