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Landolfi said one policy the inmates object to--rectal searches for contraband whenever they enter or leave their cells--"may be humilitating, but it's something we have to do, based on past problems." Prisoners are also protesting strip searches of visiting family members suspected of carrying contraband, he said...
Prisoners, who are shut in cells for 23 1/2 hours a day, are protesting arbitrary and brutal treatment by guards, including rectal searches--often accompanied by assaults--whenever they enter or leave their cells. They are also objecting to strip searches of visiting family members and other "humilitation techniques," and withholding food as punishment, Jacoby said...
...Examination of the rectum and colon with a sigmoidoscope, previously called for annually for people over 40, is now suggested every three to five years (after two negative tests a year apart) in those over 50. The A.C.S. recommendation for digital rectal examinations every year from age 40 on remains unchanged...
...notion that gays have different kinds of orgasms. M & J are probably right, however, to suggest that one significant byproduct of their book will be better medical care for homosexuals, who have been badly treated by doctors. In the past, for instance, some doctors refused to give them rectal examinations for fear of causing arousal, a concern that has never been shown by gynecologists conducting vaginal examinations. Says Dr. Robert Kolodny, M & J's heir apparent at the research institute: "Documenting the similarity of physiological process gives less excuse for the health-care professional to shrink from treatment...
Fearful of the cost and trauma of traditional surgical cures, or simply embarrassed, most sufferers medicate themselves. Popular over-the-counter preparations can indeed relieve some symptoms temporarily. So can hot baths and a change in diet and bowel habits. But doctors emphasize that whenever rectal bleeding occurs, there should be a prompt proctological examination; while hemorrhoids themselves are not life-threatening, such bleeding may be a sign of cancer or some other serious ailment. Happily, most hemorrhoid complaints can now be treated simply and almost painlessly in the doctor's office...