If you're female and you lose bladder control upon exertion -- sneezing, coughing, laughing, lifting something heavy -- you may have stress urinary incontinence. As many women know, the condition is ...
The landscape of urinary incontinence treatment is rapidly evolving, offering women a renewed sense of hope and control.
For women with frequent urine leakage, a newer and simpler "sling" surgery works as well as the standard version, according to a new clinical trial. The study involved women with stress urinary ...
Urinary incontinence is the leakage of urine due to loss of bladder control. The condition is common, impacting up to 50 percent of women. While urinary incontinence occurs more often in older women, ...
Wherever she went, Barbara Fernsler, 64, of Palmyra, would have to find a bathroom. Fernsler struggled for almost 10 years with stress incontinence, a condition in which she would leak urine every ...
For years, Susan Johnstone, 53, lived with an embarrassing problem that threatened to take away the activity she loved most: running. She tried everything—even surgery—to keep her bladder leaks at bay ...
Sling procedures are surgical procedures used to treat urinary incontinence, the accidental leakage of urine, when caused by pelvic organ prolapse. Incontinence occurs when the urethra, the tube that ...
Elidah today announced FDA clearance of Elitone for Men, a non-invasive, at-home treatment designed to help men regain ...
A common myth about urinary incontinence (the loss of bladder control or urinary leakage) in women is that surgery is your only option. Some patients desire surgery as the primary therapy because they ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a male, 83, and my bladder leaks continuously since I had a hip replacement surgery. The surgeon used a catheter during the surgery, and when it was first removed, I could not ...