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, ...

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the most common form of urinary incontinence in women and is associated with high financial, social, and emotional costs. The history and physical examination ...

New research confirms that weight loss is an effective first-line intervention for overweight or obese women with urinary incontinence. Such patients should be encouraged to lose weight ...

The most commonly used medications to treat OAB have anticholinergic properties. Anticholinergics are competitive inhibitors of acetylcholine at muscarinic receptors (mainly the M3 receptor ...

The Oxytrol for Women (oxybutynin) patch is available without a prescription to treat those with an overactive bladder, which can cause incontinence problems and make women run to the bathroom ...

Loss of bladder control, known medically as urinary incontinence, is an issue that affects many women, often more than we realise. A recent study from researchers at RUSH, published in the January ...

There are two types of surgery for bladder prolapse. Though you can't ensure you’ll never get urinary incontinence, you can lower your risk of some of the conditions that cause it. Overactive ...

OTG has been studied in a randomized, placebo-controlled study of 789 patients (mean age 59 years, 89.2% women), of whom 389 were treated with OTG (1 g daily) for 12 weeks. 3 Overactive bladder ...

Prescription medications can ease overactive bladder symptoms. Supplements for overactive bladder may help, although little robust evidence supports their value. An overactive bladder (OAB ...

One in six adults have bladder control problems. It can disrupt sleep or cause accidents, lead to social isolation and depression and affects women more than men.