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What You Need to Know About Urinary Incontinence

What You Need to Know About Urinary Incontinence

Urinary leakage affects 1 in 4 women and is treatable at any age

I Didn’t Let Overactive Bladder Stop Me from Living My Life

I Didn’t Let Overactive Bladder Stop Me from Living My Life

I remember my overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms starting about three or four years ago. Whenever I would sneeze or cough, I'd urinate a little bit. Then it started to become pretty frequent, which was frustrating, but not yet to the point where it was disrupting my life.

Living With Incontinence, Without Shame

Living With Incontinence, Without Shame

After hiding my urinary incontinence for years, I've learned to embrace my age and accept my body.

I Thought My Postpartum Pain Was Normal, But It Wasn’t

I Thought My Postpartum Pain Was Normal, But It Wasn't

The pain was unbearable. Was this how every woman felt after giving birth?

What to Do if You Have Urinary Incontinence

How to Know if You Have Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence comes in many forms and affects millions of people. But there are simple things you can do to manage it.

How to Not Let Light Bladder Leakage Hold You Back

How to Not Let Light Bladder Leakage Hold You Back

It’s something no one really wants to speak about. But it’s happening to a lot of us. What you need to know about light bladder leakage.

What You Need to Know About Stress Urinary Incontinence

What You Need to Know About Stress Urinary Incontinence

Stress urinary incontinence is common and yet often goes undiagnosed and untreated. If you leak urine when you laugh or cough or sneeze, talk to your health care professional.

Tips to Stop Urine Leaks

Tips to Stop Urine Leaks

Urinary leaks are embarrassing and inconvenient at any age, but especially for young women participating in sports. These tips can help women strengthen their pelvic muscles and reduce leakage.

Half of Older Women Suffer Incontinence

Half of Older Women Suffer Incontinence

Nearly half of older American women have urinary incontinence, but many have not talked to a doctor about it.

Separate the Sound of Running Water From the Urge to Urinate

Separate the Sound of Running Water From the Urge to Urinate

It can be easy to allow the sound or feel of water to trigger the urge to urinate, but it's not a healthy habit and can even lead to urinary incontinence.

How Running Can Contribute to Incontinence and Prolapse

How Running Can Contribute to Incontinence and Prolapse

Running—whether jogging or marathon running—can cause a downward pressure on women's pelvic cavities that can lead to urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.

Do You Talk With Your Patients About Overactive Bladder?

Do You Talk With Your Patients About Overactive Bladder?

If your patients have sudden and unexpected urges to urinate, then you may want to talk with them about overactive bladder, or OAB.

Do You Often Have That 'Gotta Go' Feeling?

Do You Often Have That 'Gotta Go' Feeling?

If you often have that "gotta go" feeling and worry that you will leak urine if you don't get to a bathroom quickly, then you may have overactive bladder, or OAB.

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Easy Ways to Lessen Urine Leakage

These apps and products can help with your urine leakage.

woman with her hands over her bladder

Signs You May Have a Bladder Issue

November is Bladder Health Awareness Month and an opportunity to explore bladder issues. Find out what's normal and what's not.

Stress Urinary Incontinence: It Can Be Treated

Stress Urinary Incontinence: It Can Be Treated

Stress urinary incontinence is the most common form of incontinence among women. The good news? It can be treated.

When Something Goes Wrong "Down There"

When Something Goes Wrong "Down There"

Understanding common pelvic health issues

Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence

Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence

Treatment options for involuntary leaking

woman suffering from pelvic pain

Pelvic Health Conditions and You

How common pelvic health conditions can affect your life

Incontinence

Incontinence

If you're leaking urine when you cough, laugh or sneeze, or you have sudden urges to go to the bathroom that are so intense you fear you won't get there in time, you're probably experiencing incontinence. The inability to control urination is frequently a treatable, and often curable, problem faced by millions of Americans, many of them women. READ MORE