Stress urinary incontinnce (SUI) is a common condition among women. The usual approach to treatment of SUI is a stepwise plan from conservative to surgical procedures. A vaginal pessary is one of the commonly used conservative treatments that offer symptomatic improvement for women with incontinence. This review provides a critical analysis of the benefits and […]
Prevalence and risk of sport types to stress urinary incontinence in sportswomen: A cross-sectional study. The objective of our study was to investigate the prevalence and risk of developing stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in each type of high-intensity sport, and the associated impact on quality of life in sportswomen. This cross-sectional study was conducted between […]
Now, the UK’s top doctor has revealed her own ordeal to break the most embarrassing taboo of all ‘We women, after we’ve had babies, can be damaged so that we get incontinence and actually — I’ve never gone public about this — after my first child I could only go three yards before I peed […]
It’s like secret women’s business that few women know or want to talk about until it’s too late. Prolapse — it is a deeply personal horror story I’m living with along with many others, and I wish I had known more about it earlier. I feel like I have lost my freedom to do so […]
Johnson & Johnson has withdrawn from the market controversial devices at the centre of a class action against the pharmaceutical giant. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) requested last year that all manufacturers of transvaginal sling and mesh update product information on the devices by January 17 to include warnings about potential adverse side effects. A […]
The idea that only prolapse mesh causes problems is ‘utter nonsense’ say campaigners as they take their fight to the House of Lords A plea has gone to the Government to suspend pelvic mesh implants until the true number of women suffering is known. Lord Phillip Hunt sent out the plea during a House of […]
This cross-sectional survey aims to (1) verify the prevalence of urinary incontinence and its impact on the quality of life among nulliparous fit women, and to (2) analyze whether urinary incontinence is influenced by the intensity of the sport (high- vs. low-impact) or by the volume of physical activity (minutes per week) performed. Two hundred […]
Urinary incontinence is urine leakage from a loss of bladder control that mainly affects women after childbirth. But it can happen to anyone. Around 37% of Australian women have some form of the condition compared to 13% of Australian men.
Mothers with adult incontinence reveal their ‘little accidents’ as they praise Kate Winslet for speaking openly about the condition Kate Winslet opened up about the condition on Graham Norton show She admitted sneezing and jumping on a trampoline causes accidents Fellow mothers have praised actress for talking openly about AI Reveal how they avoid drinking […]
Among teens and young women, incontinence problems are typically related to sports injuries, says Pamela Moalli, MD, a professor of urogynaecology at the University of Pittsburgh Magee-Womens Research Institute. “About 20% of college athletes report leakage of urine during sports activities,” she tells WebMD.
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