Urinary incontinence or bladder leakage occurs when urine (pee) comes out of your bladder when you do not want it to (involuntarily). It is more common in women for the following reasons: ...

- In women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), continence surgery at the same time as POP surgery likely improves rates of SUI after surgery. In continent women ...

An invasive and costly test commonly done in women before surgery for stress urinary incontinence may not be necessary, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study ...

A doctor in El Paso performed the region’s first minimally invasive procedure using a new device designed to help patients ...

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 ...

Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m 2 or greater and is a growing problem in the United States. The prevalence rate of obesity in the United States has risen from an estimated 47% ...

Remember that time in grade school when you laughed so hard that you peed your pants? It was hilarious. Now do you remember that time you laughed so hard you peed your pants as an adult? Not as funny.

Stress urinary incontinence – bladder leaks that occur when people cough, sneeze, laugh or exercise – affects 1 in 3 women at some point in their lives. And though it is less common among men, it can ...

Sneezing, laughing, exercising, traveling — to some, these acts are nothing to think twice about. But for those suffering from a leaky bladder, they can be the very thing interfering with daily living ...

Stress incontinence is usually caused by weakness of the muscles that support the bladder floor, and often follows after childbirth - though there may be a delay of 10 to 20 years before the damge ...

If you've ever laughed or sneezed only to realize that you had a bladder leak, you know that urinary incontinence can be uncomfortable and embarrassing. And the problem typically worsens with age, ...