STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Northwell Staten Island University Hospital has become the first U.S. medical center to perform surgery using BioHealx, a new FDA-approved anal fistula device Dr. Poppy Addison ...

Hundreds of women in West Pokot County are living in silent agony, trapped in leaking bodies and social isolation, as obstetric fistula continues to devastate their lives, health officials have ...

In the quiet town of Thika, Kiambu County, a beacon of hope shines brightly within the walls of Thika Level 5 Hospital. This is where the lives of about 100 women, once overshadowed by the pain and ...

An anal fistula is a tunnel that develops from the inside of the anus to the skin outside. It usually starts near blocked or infected anal glands and forms an abscess (a pus-filled pocket). Pus and ...

In a nationwide cohort study from Sweden using prospectively collected data in national health registers of all hysterectomies performed on benign indications between 1973 and 2003, [34] the rate of ...

“I wasdepressed and ashamed to interact with friends and relatives because of fistula. My husband who was my source of support told me at one point that he almost abandoned me . I was not a happy ...

Fistula is common in Somalia but stigma and lack of care means that many women continue to face shame and barriers to treatment. Clotilde Bigot reports.

Opinion Columnist, reporting from Nairobi, Kenya. One of the most dangerous things a woman can do in much of the world is become pregnant, and the risks caught up with a Kenyan named Alice Wanjiru a ...