PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Up to a third of all women suffer from it, but few talk openly about it. Stress incontinence causes embarrassment, isolation, and limits on activities. However, there are ...

Stress urinary incontinence – bladder leaks that occur when people cough, sneeze, laugh or exercise – affects 1 in 3 women at some point in their lives. And though it is less common among men, it can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Urinary incontinence, or a loss of bladder control, affects up to one-third of women in the U.S. And women are twice as likely to ...

Shilpa Iyer, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and an expert in overactive bladder and surgical outcomes with the University of Chicago Medicine. “Up to 35% of women have ...

Peeing yourself at inopportune times (or really any time) can, understandably, be upsetting and anxiety-inducing. If you have stress urinary incontinence (SUI), seemingly harmless activities—like ...

According to a recent study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, body composition is associated with symptoms of pelvic floor disorders in middle-aged women. Larger fat mass increases ...

A bladder lift, also known as bladder suspension surgery or colposuspension, is used to help treat stress incontinence (leakage). A bladder lift involves cutting into the abdomen, lifting the neck of ...