How effective is pelvic floor muscle training undertaken during pregnancy or after birth for preventing or treating incontinence?
Many women suffer from incontinence during or after pregnancy, and pelvic muscle exercises are one way to help. An updated Cochrane Review in May 2020 presents the evidence from 46 trials and we asked two of the authors, Stephanie Woodley and Jean Hay-Smith from the University of Otago in New Zealand, to tell us about the latest findings. Here ’s Stephanie to begin. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

Keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery through the abdomen for treating urinary incontinence in women
Cochrane Incontinence has produced more than 40 systematic reviews of interventions that might help people suffering from incontinence. In this podcast, one of the group ’s researchers, Fiona Stewart, talks with author Wael Agur, a subspecialist and lead urogynaecologist for NHS Ayrshire& Arran, UK, about the December 2019 update for one of these, looking at the effects of a type of surgery called laparoscopic colposuspension. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - June 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

Neprilysin Inhibition in Heart Failure, Comparative Effectiveness of Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence Surgery, 2019 Adult Immunization Update, and more
Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the September 17, 2019 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - September 17, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Myo-Inositol for ROP, Complications of Incontinence Surgery, Screening Guideline for IPV, and more
Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the October 23, 2018 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - October 23, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

JAMA Internal Medicine : Effect of Group-Administered Behavioral Treatment on Urinary Incontinence in Older Women
Interview with Ananias C Diokno, MD, author of Effect of Group-Administered Behavioral Treatment on Urinary Incontinence in Older Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - September 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Mid-urethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women
Urinary incontinence is a distressing condition for which there are a variety of treatment options. June Cody from the Cochrane Incontinence Group and colleagues have investigated the effects of a particular type of surgery and updated their review in July 2017. Here ’s June to tell us what they found. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - June 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

Mid-urethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women
 Urinary incontinence is a distressing condition for which there are a variety of treatment options. June Cody from the Cochrane Incontinence Group and colleagues have investigated the effects of a particular type of surgery. They updated the review's findings on the effects of the operations in 20 15, and published an extension in July 2017, to include more on the economic aspects. Here's June to tell us about the evidence on the clinical effects. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - June 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

How effective are pelvic floor muscle exercises undertaken during pregnancy or after birth for preventing or treating incontinence?
Many women suffer from incontinence during or after pregnancy, and pelvic muscle exercises are one way to help. In an updated Cochrane Review in December 2017, Stephanie Woodley and Jean Hay-Smith from the University of Otago in New Zealand, and colleagues present the evidence from nearly 40 trials; and they tell us the findings in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

Robotic surgery benefits and costs, urinary incontinence review, Bayesian RCT analysis, and more.
Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the October 24, 2017 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - October 24, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts