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Friday, October, 23, 2009

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Menopause and Incontinence - Bladder Problems and Hot Flashes

By Jasmine Schmidt Health Expert

Some interesting incontinence news this week...

 

The Effect of Menopause on the Pelvic Floor and Bladder Function

 

I myself have written about the possible effects of menopause on the pelvic floor, but a recent study published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology contradicts that widely-held belief. Apparently the research showed, if anything, a mild decrease in incontinence during menopause.

 

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Incontinence

 

The article I read about the report didn't...

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Expert & Community Posts

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Frequent Urination and Urinary Incontinence in Men: An Overview
By Jennifer Sobol, D.O. , Health Expert

...expected for women to have some degree of urinary incontinence, based on physiology and other... Read more »

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Incontinence and Diabetes
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

...you wondering, “What does this have to do with incontinence?” Well, it turns out that women... Read more »

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Online Dating for People with Incontinence
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

...something as easily stigmatized and misunderstood as incontinence. Luckily, the Internet age has... Read more »

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Childbirth Studies and Incontinence
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

...about the effects of pregnancy and childbirth on incontinence. Interestingly, one study was... Read more »

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Fecal Incontinence
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

Because so many people suffer from urinary incontinence, it has become a large focus of my work as... Read more »

Health Guide

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Women With Incontinence May Also Face Depression
...Vigod, M.D. and Donna E. Stewart, M.D., FRCPC The authors explored the relationship between urinary incontinence and major depression through data from the Canadian Community Health Survey. The... Read more »
How to Use This Site
Welcome to Incontinence Connection Realizing you are incontinent can be frightening and overwhelming. But once you've been diagnosed, you can begin to take the steps to find treatments and move on... Read more »
Diabetic Women Can Reduce Their Risk of Urinary Incontinence
Lifestyle Intervention Is Associated With Lower Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence The Diabetes Prevention Program Jeanette S. Brown, MD, Rena Wing, PHD, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD, Leroy M.... Read more »
Hormones Worsen Urinary Incontinence
...on the effects of hormone therapy. But did you know they studied the effects of hormone therapy on incontinence? They looked at stress and urge incontinence in women and found that hormone therapy... Read more »

Medications

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...frequent urination inability to control urination (incontinence) diarrhea mental/mood... Read more »

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...increase in urination inability to hold urine (incontinence) Tell your doctor immediately... Read more »

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