Dual incontinence and risk of fall: a retrospective cohort study - Kravitz E, Thompson JJ, Christiansen T, Arya L, Andy U, Kim EK.
The objective of our study was to ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Fecal Incontinence: One in 12 Adults May Be Affected Fecal Incontinence: One in 12 Adults May Be Affected
Approximately one in 12 adults worldwide has fecal incontinence, according to a recent global meta-analysis.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
The Urethra Is a Sex Organ; Why This Matters in Incontinence The Urethra Is a Sex Organ; Why This Matters in Incontinence
Whether the problem is due to aging or cancer treatment, men (and women) don ' t need to suffer silently in diapers.Medscape Urology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology Commentary Source Type: news
Reducing falls in older women with urinary incontinence - Reaves S, Arya LA, Newman DK, Wyman J, Klusaritz H, Walsh W, Brown RT, Andy UU.
Urinary incontinence is common in older women and doubles the risk of falls in this population. The association between urinary incontinence, especially urgency urinary incontinence, and falls is multifactorial and likely the result of a complex interactio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Are skinny jeans killing your pelvic floor? Top expert debunks common incontinence myths... but warns there IS truth to the claims about tight trousers
Dr Jenny Kruger, a world-renowned expert on pelvic floors and leaky bladders, warns drinking too much caffeine and wearing very tight jeans could irritate your bladder. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
People in need of care at home: the relevance of incontinence and falls - Palm R.
The geriatric syndromes of incontinence and falls not only affect patients living in care homes, but increasingly also patients in their own homes. This particularly affects patients with cognitive impairments. A high nursing home admission age in an agein... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
How effective and safe are single-incision slings for women with urinary incontinence compared with other operations?
Friday, February 23, 2024 (Source: Cochrane News and Events)
Source: Cochrane News and Events - February 23, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Paolo Rosati Source Type: news
Pelvital Announces Landmark Study Demonstrating Efficacy of Flyte ® Device in Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence
Pelvital published a milestone paper in the peer-reviewed Therapeutic Advances in Urology showing the efficacy of its FDA-cleared novel device Flye to treat stress urinary incontinence and weakened pelvic floor muscles. EAGAN, Minn., Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Flyte® device... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 21, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TRI WOM Source Type: news
Which Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence Is Best for You?
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 2024 -- If you ' re female and you lose bladder control upon exertion -- sneezing, coughing, laughing, lifting something heavy -- you may have stress urinary incontinence.As many women know, the condition is no joke and it may... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Why Bathroom Access Is a Public Health Issue
It’s not unusual to fast before a medical test to avoid skewing the results. But Dr. Zoë Gottlieb’s patients often skip meals for a different reason.
Gottlieb, a gastroenterologist and assistant professor of medicine at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine in New York City, specializes in treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an umbrella term for conditions involving chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, specifically Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. People with IBD have “unreliable bowel habits,” meaning they may need to use the bathroom frequently or ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
I'm proof incontinence can strike ANYONE: Fitness instructor, 45, reveals she'd have 'little accidents' whenever she sneezed - but found remedy in device that seemed 'too good to be true'
When Gemma Cooke, 45, from Bristol, first had a 'little accident' while exercising on a trampoline, she was shocked. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
MRI helps clinicians assess neural involvement in endometriosis
MRI helps clinicians assess the neural involvement in endometriosis and could help them prevent irreversible nerve damage and chronic sensorimotor neuropathy in women suffering from the condition, Cleveland Clinic researchers have reported.MRI findings regarding the state of pelvic nerves involved in endometriosis are key to planning treatment, wrote a group led by Ceylan Colak, MD. The team's review of MRI's role for this indication was published January 3 in RadioGraphics."Evidence of irreversible damage can … be seen at MRI, and radiologists should evaluate pelvic nerves that are commonly involved in endometriosis in ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: MRI Womens Imaging Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
HRSA: Update to the Health Resources and Services Administration-Supported Women's Preventive Services Guidelines Relating to Screening for Urinary Incontinence
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces updates to the HRSA-supported Women's Preventive Services Guidelines relating to screening for urinary incontinence. For most non-grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage, this update will take effect in 2025. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - January 4, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Rectal Botox Injections Improved Fecal Incontinence, Urgency
(MedPage Today) -- Botulinum toxin type A (Botox) injections in the rectum reduced episodes of fecal incontinence and urgency, a randomized controlled trial showed.
Among nearly 200 patients in a modified intention-to-treat analysis, the mean... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - December 22, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
A third of new mothers worldwide ‘have lasting health issues after childbirth’
Problems such as back pain, incontinence and depression cause widespread suffering but are underrecognised, global review findsMore than 40 million women a year experience lasting health issues after childbirth, a global review has found, prompting calls for greater recognition of common postnatal problems.The sweeping analysis of maternal health worldwide shows a very high burden of long-term conditions that last for months and even years after giving birth. One in three new mothers worldwide are affected.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Women's health World news Childbirth Medical research Science Society Source Type: news