—Prospective studies have reported decreased incidence and severity of urinary incontinence disorders and pelvic floor symptoms following bariatric surgery, though further studies are warranted.

Overactive bladder is a long-term condition that won’t go away on its own and may worsen if a person does not get treatment. The condition can be caused by issues in how the brain and bladder ...

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 ...

Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m 2 or greater and is a growing problem in the United States. The prevalence rate of obesity in the United States has risen from an estimated 47% ...

For women with frequent urine leakage, a newer and simpler "sling" surgery works as well as the standard version, according to a new clinical trial. The study involved women with stress urinary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Concurrent surgeries for stress urinary incontinence and endometrial cancer fail to improve quality of life.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Surgery that uses an internal sling to support the body's urine tube worked better to fix a type of incontinence in women than another method, but any procedure is unlikely to work ...