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If you’ve always associated cranberry juice with prevention of urinary tract infections, then the results of a new study from Mayo Clinic may be a pleasant surprise. Researchers found that drinking two glasses of cranberry juice per day may protect your heart against development of lesions associated with atherosclerosis. A total of 69 adults participated in [...]
Risk of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Incontinence Growing: What You Can Do Picture 2.3 billion people. That’s the number of adults who will experience at least one lower urinary tract symptom (LUTS) by 2018, according to a study from the University of North Carolina (UNC). In addition, urinary incontinence is also expected to increase, which [...]
According to a recent survey, there is little difference in the results of the expensive robotic surgery for prostate cancer (da Vinci) surgical procedure over low-tech traditional prostate surgery. The new survey that found complaints about erectile dysfunction and incontinence in men were equally common after the two procedures. “I wasn’t surprised at all,” said [...]
CLASSIFICATION OF URINARY INCONTINENCE Urinary incontinence is a symptom of an underlying condition. The National Association For Continence estimates that 25 million adult Americans are incontinent. TYPE DESCRIPTION STRESS INCONTINENCE Involuntary urine loss due to increased physical pressure on the bladder. URGE INCONTINENCE Strong, sudden need to urinate immediately followed by a bladder contraction, resulting [...]
If you suffer with urinary incontinence/overactive bladder and are overweight, weight loss could significantly reduce the number of incontinence episodes you experience. A University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study found that among a group of 338 middle-aged, overweight and obese women, those who lost an average of 17 pounds had a 47 percent reduction [...]
Vitamin D has been credited with many health benefits, but here’s one you may not have heard about. A deficiency of vitamin D has been associated with a greater prevalence of urinary incontinence and other pelvic floor disorders. Study participants who had vitamin D levels lower than 30 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) had a 170 [...]
There’s reassuring news for those who are among the 33 million Americans with overactive bladder: the prescription drug Toviaz (fesoterodine) performed well in a new double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 562 elderly men and women with overactive bladder. According to Pfizer Inc., which makes Toviaz, the drug was better than placebo in reducing the number of [...]
There are four types of urinary incontinence, each one of which has similarities and differences. Treatment for urinary incontinence depends on the type of incontinence being treated. The four main types of urinary incontinence are: Stress incontinence occurs when you place pressure on the bladder, which can occur when you laugh, sneeze, exercise, lift heavy [...]
Although the result is the same—urine leakage—the cause of each type of urinary incontinence is different. Understanding the causes of urinary incontinence is important, because it can help your doctor and you decide on the best course of treatment for incontinence. First, however, it is helpful to understand healthy bladder function, or urinary continence. The [...]
All the different types of urinary incontinence share a common symptom: urine leakage. However, there are urinary incontinence symptoms that are specific to each type. If you have stress incontinence, you will leak a small amount of urine when you laugh, strain, cough, sneeze, lift something, change position (e.g., stand from a seated position, turn [...]
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