The bladder is a hollow, balloon-like organ located behind the pelvic bone and hidden within the pelvis.
The bladder walls consist of muscle and the urinary
Although presented in 2002 at international meetings on continence care by clinical thought-leaders in the UK, a survey of 100 female... Read more »
Hello everyone! I wanted to preface my question of the week by just telling you all how much I am enjoying our talks. This has... Read more »
In recent years, the National Association for Continence conducted nationwide research in which we learned that women with symptoms of... Read more »
I set out this week to write an article about how a woman’s monthly cycle can affect her bladder control. You see, I’ve personally... Read more »
Urinary incontinence in women has widely been accepted as a result of aging. We now know this is not true. As I have mentioned in several... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
SurgeryThere are nearly 200 surgical procedures for incontinence. Most are designed to restore the bladder neck and urethra to their anatomically... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Female SterilizationFemale surgical sterilization (also called tubal sterilization, tubal ligation, and tubal occlusion) is a low-risk, highly... Read more »
Research presented at the annual meeting of the American Urogynecologic Society has found that Detrol ER (tolterodine) appears to significantly... Read more »
A new study in South Korea has found that women with overactive bladder may have a hypersensitive bladder as well. The study of 55 patients with OAB... Read more »
Women's health expert, Dr. Judith Reichman, says that up to 25 million Americans suffer from loss of bladder control. And not every type of... Read more »