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, ...

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: ...

Menopause often brings bladder health issues, including incontinence and urinary urgency, due to decreased estrogen levels.

Approximately 10% to 40% of nulliparous women in Sweden reported having urinary incontinence. All aspects of urinary incontinence have been reported in nulliparous women, with increasing prevalence ...

Hardly a week goes by without advertisements by attorneys on T.V. inviting patients to sue for complications of urinary incontinence surgery; yet, surgery for urinary incontinence is effective and its ...

Incontinence may not be the usual topic of discussion at parties and get-togethers, but it can cause problems for more people than suspected. "Generally, when we hear the word incontinence, we think ...

Generally, the term urinary incontinence refers to a person's loss of the ability to control his or her bladder. Though the condition has a variety of sub-classifications -- stress urinary ...

—Prospective studies have reported decreased incidence and severity of urinary incontinence disorders and pelvic floor symptoms following bariatric surgery, though further studies are warranted.

Women’s health has a long history of being sidelined—that’s no great secret. Women’s health issues cloaked in embarrassment are uniquely at risk of being overlooked or ignored. Urinary (UI) and fecal ...

The lack of dialogue around incontinence leads women to assume that it is difficult to get care, but an array of treatments ...

Women contemplating pregnancy are rarely warned by their OB-GYNs that having a baby can wreak havoc “down there,” but it does. Incontinence can have a negative effect on a woman's physical, ...

Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Head of Department of Urogynaecology, UNSW Sydney This article is part of our series examining women’s hidden health conditions. You can read about ...