Urinary incontinence is the leakage of urine due to loss of bladder control. The condition is common, impacting up to 50 percent of women. While urinary incontinence occurs more often in older women, ...

History and physical examination, along with simple diagnostic tests, are the best means for evaluating urinary incontinence. History assesses the severity of the incontinence and its effect on the ...

In some older women, the gynecologic examination needs to be approached in a conservative manner, keeping it as minimally invasive as possible. Consider performing a digital examination rather than a ...

Women with ongoing urinary incontinence could avoid invasive bladder pressure tests, as new research shows that a range of non-invasive assessments work just as well in guiding treatment. Led by ...

Generally, the term urinary incontinence refers to a person's loss of the ability to control his or her bladder. Though the condition has a variety of sub-classifications -- stress urinary ...

Women with breast cancer who were using aromatase inhibitors had no more increased risk for serious Lowest quartile of serum testosterone is associated with 48% and 65% increased odds of stress and ...

New research published in BJU International indicates that women with urinary incontinence often have other chronic conditions. The findings have important implications for prevention and treatment.

A recently-published study evaluated the efficacy of a new mobile app built to help women self-manage urinary incontinence by randomizing women 1:1 to use of the app or an information-only control app ...

Assessing the onset and severity. Once leakage of urine is established as the problem, the clinician can assess the severity of the condition by asking about the number of pads the patient requires to ...