- Menopause and UI: Is There a Link? For many women, the beginning of menopause ushers in a whole host of symptoms: hot flashes, moodiness, night sweats – all thanks to fluctuating levels of hormones. But there’s another ... Read more
- Simple Steps to Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections Each year in emergency departments across the U.S., about 5.8 million adults seek treatment for urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to data from the CDC. That’s about one in every ... Read more
- Chronic Incontinence after Pregnancy: It’s Not “Natural” Your body undergoes a lot of changes during pregnancy, and getting back to your pre-pregnancy self can take some time. One of the changes many women experience both during and ... Read more
- CDC: Older Americans Suffering in Silence The CDC released a first-of-its-kind study earlier this year, focused on the prevalence of incontinence issues among Americans 65 years of age and older, including those who live in residential ... Read more
- Barriers to UI Care: Do These Sound Familiar? Even though it’s not an uncommon condition, urinary incontinence still causes significant embarrassment among those who suffer from it. So much embarrassment, it turns out, that many women don’t bother ... Read more
- The Link between Smoking and UI There are many reasons why people develop urinary incontinence. Some underlying causes can only be addressed with medication or surgical intervention. However, in some patients, a change in habits is ... Read more
- Weight Loss Surgery May Also Improve UI Weight-loss surgery may help you avoid obesity-related diseases like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and now a new study from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine ... Read more
- Bowel Incontinence: Study Shows InterStim Improves Quality of Life Bowel incontinence can occur for a number of reasons, including damage to the sacral nerve, a major nerve that travels from the lower back to the bowels and other organs ... Read more
- To Pee or Not to Pee: Real Housewives of Orange County Ponder Biology If you’re one of the nearly 2 million people who watch the weekly reality show, Real Housewives of Orange County, you may have witnessed a riveting exchange recently between the show’s ... Read more
- Kegels: Not Just for Women Most people who’ve heard of Kegel exercises think of them as exercises for women, primarily used following pregnancy to help restore bladder control and re-tone stretched and weakened pelvic floor ... Read more
