Health Update: Wired up
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Your support makes all the difference.ELECTRODES attached to the anus can cure severe constipation, particularly in women, and help to eliminate the need for laxatives or surgery, according to Dr Michael Kamm, a consultant physician at St Mark's Hospital, London. He says the electrodes can help sufferers to learn how to improve poor pelvic and anal muscle function. The electrodes are linked to a visual display unit so that patients can see the electrical activity generated when their muscles contract and relax, and learn to co-ordinate these properly, a report in Mims says.
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