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"Our findings provide a health economics angle on how we can optimize pelvic organ prolapse surgery by addressing coexisting hidden stress incontinence in women with prolapse." — Tsung Mou, MD Many ...

(RICHMOND, Va.,)-- About 30 percent of all women suffer from urinary incontinence. Many are too embarrassed to seek help for the problem. But a new solution is making treating the condition easier ...

Carl Klutke, MD Before surgery, 6% of women tested negative on the cough stress test compared with 98% at 12 months . SAN FRANCISCO—A urethral sling placed via a transobturator approach improves ...

If you're female and you lose bladder control upon exertion -- sneezing, coughing, laughing, lifting something heavy -- you may have stress urinary incontinence. As many women know, the condition is ...

Women with stress urinary incontinence were more satisfied with outcomes when treated with a tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure rather than bulking therapy with transurethral polyacrylamide ...

"I would run. I would exercise. I would put my hands in warm water. It would cause me to dribble," said Michele Baran about her bladder leakage problem. The 63-year-old already had tried bladder sling ...

For years, Susan Johnstone, 53, lived with an embarrassing problem that threatened to take away the activity she loved most: running. She tried everything—even surgery—to keep her bladder leaks at bay ...

Bladder leakage is a problem for 60-percent of women. These kinds of incontinence issues can be a big problem, and significantly impact quality of life. Sarah Avrech is a mom of three. She started ...