Home-based biofeedback therapy is effective option for tough-to-treat constipation

Monday, October 22, 2018 - 08:30 in Health & Medicine

Biofeedback therapy used at home is about 70 percent effective at helping patients learn how to coordinate and relax bowel muscles and relieve one of the most difficult-to-treat types of constipation, investigators report. Standard treatments like more fiber in the diet, stool softeners, even laxatives, tend to be ineffective in patients with this type of […]

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