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Bowel and urinary incontinence affect around 8% of Americans during their lifetime. Although most respond to conservative treatment, some do not. This has necessitated the invention of other treatment modalities ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Joins Medtronic InterStim Micro ELITE Study Vanderbilt University Medical Center is joining Medtronic’s ELITE clinical study of patients receiving the InterStim Micro sacral neuromodulation device. “Very, very ...

Did you know that up to 11% of the male population suffers from urinary incontinence? This is a lower percentage than for women, but, this does not diminish the fact ...

Nocturia refers to nighttime urination – people who have nocturia wake up frequently to use the bathroom. Though all incontinence is characterized by its disruption of daily life, nocturia is ...

You take a multivitamin and maybe calcium or Vitamin D for your bones – but do you take anything for incontinence? Is that even possible? If you are trying to live ...

Pelvic pain affects one in four women.  Many women live in silence, not knowing it can be helped. And many women who do seek help may have unnecessary surgeries, such ...

If you have a cellphone or a tablet, chances are you’ve downloaded a few apps. And why not? There are well over two million apps available for download for both ...

For sufferers of urinary incontinence, making sure you are always prepared and protected can be a costly job. The average individual with moderate urinary incontinence will use around two disposable ...

It is not uncommon to hear of pregnant women having trouble holding their bladders. In fact, 67% of women report some degree of urinary incontinence during pregnancy. But what happens ...

Melissa Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Urologic Surgery, received the 2017 Zimskind Award at the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) Winter Meeting in Scottsdale, ...