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Nancy  Muller

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National Association for Continence, Executive Director

Stress Urinary Incontinence: I Hope You'll Dance

Last week, I participated in an appeal to the FDA by a small, medical device company based in the U.S. seeking to be granted approval of its device for moderate to severe stress urinary incontinence in women, in particular those who have undergone unsuccessful surgery or surgery that failed them after several years or more. I was present because... Read moreChevron
posted 04/06/2010, comments (0)|
Nancy  Muller

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National Association for Continence, Executive Director

Getting Diagnosed with SUI: Steering Your Doctor in the Right Direction

One of the keys to success in treatment for bladder or bowel control problems is to first get accurately diagnosed. That's because there are different kinds of problems with different sets of causal factors and consequently different types of solutions. In a survey of over a thousand women ages 18 and older conducted by NAFC in recent years, we... Read moreChevron
posted 03/30/2010, comments (0)|
Nancy  Muller

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Relieving Stress: Stress Urinary Incontinence

Recently, I read with interest about Johnson & Johnson's launch of a new "product" in the form of a subscription program designed to help manage and even relieve stress that women experience in their daily lives. The online program, Upliv, begins with a stress analysis and is comprised of weekly sessions teaching relaxation strategies. ... Read moreChevron
posted 03/02/2010, comments (0)|
Nancy  Muller

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National Association for Continence, Executive Director

Exercise for Brain and Body

Nearly a decade ago, Steers and Lee (2001) published a landmark study focusing attention on the correlation between major depression and urinary incontinence. While both medical conditions have long been known to disproportionately affect women and to have a significant, negative impact on quality of life, it was not until pharmacological research... Read moreChevron
posted 01/06/2010, comments (0)|
Nancy  Muller

Nancy Muller, Health Pro

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National Association for Continence, Executive Director

Stem Cell Research Launches in U.S. for Stress Urinary Incontinence

You may have spotted a brief news report in recent years about stem cell research conducted in Austria and more recently in Canada for treating urinary incontinence. Now the first U.S. stem cell trial for stress urinary incontinence is getting underway, with FDA approval, at Beaumont Hospital in Detroit.   This novel research uses the... Read moreChevron