NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who exercise and strengthen their pelvic muscles are less likely to have problems with urine leakage in their third trimester, a new clinical trials finds.

Women commonly gain weight during pregnancy. Though such weight gain is expected and perfectly natural, some women still want to maintain a healthy weight and hope to avoid gaining a few too many ...

A woman’s pelvic floor is an important group of muscles that supports the bladder, uterus and intestines. Age, pregnancy, pelvic surgery or frequent coughing and sneezing can all cause these muscles ...

If you have ever noticed that you leak a little bit of pee when you jump, or when you do squats at the gym, you are not alone. It’s a lot more common than many of us think – and is often linked to a ...

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Many vagina-owners are familiar with Kegel exercises: the pelvic-floor strengthening workout. But what are Kegels even good for? And should everyone with a vagina be doing them? What are Kegels?

Routine Kegel exercises are a must for all women particularly of child bearing age throughout their lives. The exercises are named after Dr Arnold Kegel, the gynaecologist who first described them to ...

Kegel exercises, bladder training and, in some cases, weight loss are effective ways to treat urinary incontinence in women, and should be tried before the use of drug treatments, according to new ...