As many as 20,000,000 women in the U.S. suffer from loss of bowel control.

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As many as 20,000,000 women in the U.S. suffer from loss of bowel control, sometimes called accidental bowel leakage or fecal incontinence. Holly E. Richter, director of the Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, has introduced the Eclipse System, a nonsurgical treatment designed to provide...