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Most Americans Think Incontinence, Pelvic Pain after Childbirth is Normal -- It's Not

MONDAY, July 15, 2024 – Roughly a month after having her second child, Nicole Gerardi-Lukens suddenly felt pressure in her pelvis that was so intense it sent her to the hospital. When doctors told...

New Drug Tames Stress Incontinence in Clinical Trial

MONDAY, July 15, 2024 – An experimental drug appears to help women deal with stress incontinence, clinical trial data show. The drug, for now dubbed TAS-303, reduced the frequency of leaks related...

Bothersome Urinary Symptoms Common 12 Months Postpartum

THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 – Bothersome urinary symptoms and incontinence are common at 12 months postpartum, according to a study recently published in Urogynecology. Sonia Bhandari Randhawa, M.D., ...

Postpartum Urinary Incontinence Takes Physical, Mental Toll

MONDAY, July 8, 2024 – Urinary incontinence is a common aftereffect of delivering a baby, but it can have a devastating effect on new moms, a new study warns. These bladder leaks are significantly...

Urinary Implant Helps Alert When Patients 'Gotta Go'

TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 – It’s hard for some folks who suffer illness-related urinary incontinence to judge whether they’ll be able to hold it until they get home, or if they should rush to a bat...

Which Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence Is Best for You?

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 2024 – 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...

Treatment Adverse Events Vary With Favorable, Unfavorable Prognosis in Prostate Cancer

MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 – For patients with localized prostate cancer, the rates of adverse outcomes associated with specific treatments vary for favorable- and unfavorable-prognosis disease,...

Higher Rate of Bladder Neck Incompetence in Mixed Urinary Incontinence

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023 – Patients with mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) have a higher rate of bladder neck incompetence (BNI), according to a study published online Sept. 29 in the World Journal of...

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training No Better Than Bladder Training for Overactive Bladder

MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 – For women with overactive bladder symptoms, supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) does not provide additional improvement over bladder training, according to a study...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Hyoscyamine sulfate 0.125mg by Virtus Pharmaceuticals: Recall - Superpotent and Subpotent Test Results

ISSUE: Virtus Pharmaceuticals Opco II, LLC (Virtus) is voluntarily recalling seven batches of Hyoscyamine sulfate (0.125mg) to the consumer level which include the tablet, sublingual, and orally...

FDA Approves Botox to Treat Specific Form of Urinary Incontinence

SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) injection to treat urinary incontinence in people with...

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