If you have urinary incontinence, you don’t necessarily have to resign yourself to wearing pads and carrying extra changes of clothing. Whether you’re experiencing leaking because you were pregnant, ...

Urinary incontinence is an extremely common health condition that involves the involuntary loss of urine. It can pose embarrassing situations for those affected, particularly in social and public ...

Surgery is the most reliable method of treatment for incontinence – curing the condition in just over eight in ten cases; other types of treatment, meanwhile, do not deliver the same kind of success.

The internal anal sphincter consists of smooth muscle and maintains 70% of the resting anal tone. The external anal sphincter consists of striated muscle and accounts for the remaining 30% of resting ...

After years of worrying that running or sneezing would leave me needing fresh underwear, a quick, minimally invasive procedure changed my life ...

Injection of muscle-derived cells into the anal sphincter has potential as a new treatment option for women who develop anal incontinence after vaginal delivery, according to the findings of a pilot ...

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Axena Health, Inc. (Axena Health), a medical device company focused on female pelvic health, is now offering the Leva ® Pelvic Health System through www.levarx.com. In ...

"Unfortunately we are not actually curing the condition in that many cases. Surgery aside, the results delivered are poor. And the problems are only going to get worse in the future because the ...

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, ...

You might find it difficult to bring up urinary incontinence with your doctor, but it's very common. Incontinence can begin after childbirth, in older adulthood, or with certain health conditions.

SEATTLE — Half of American women 65 years old and older and more than 40% of those ages 50 to 64 experience some type of urinary incontinence. “It’s defined as the involuntary loss of urine and also, ...

April 4 (UPI) --A study from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden has found the majority of incontinence treatments are ineffective at providing relief of symptoms. Current treatments for ...