Weight-loss surgery may help reduce urinary incontinence in extremely obese people, a study suggests. Researchers followed nearly 2,500 obese men and women who had so-called bariatric surgery, which ...

(HealthDay)— Stress urinary incontinence is a common problem among women, and new research suggests that surgery might be a better first-line treatment than pelvic muscle strengthening. In what is ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Urinary incontinence in severely obese women improved dramatically for up to 3 years after bariatric surgery, the largest study to date has found. "Improvement in urinary incontinence ...

Urinary incontinence is a common complaint among adults with severe obesity. The majority of adults with urinary incontinence who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy, the two most ...

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 ...

Adding behavioral and pelvic muscle floor muscle therapy to surgery may not improve outcomes in women with mixed urinary incontinence, according to results from the Effects of Surgical Treatment ...

Urinary incontinence (UI) manifests in various forms, each with its own set of symptoms and causes. Understanding the different types is essential in selecting the most effective management strategies ...

For severely obese people, bariatric surgery may have a benefit besides dramatic weight loss: it can also substantially reduce urinary incontinence. This study is the first to examine the longer-term ...

Women undergoing surgery to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) are not at increased risk of developing pelvic cancers, according to a large-scale, population-based study in The Journal of Urology ...

Stress urinary incontinence in men is usually a result of intrinsic sphincter deficiency following prostate cancer surgery. Active conservative management with fluid restriction, medication management ...

A common myth about urinary incontinence (the loss of bladder control or urinary leakage) in women is that surgery is your only option. Some patients desire surgery as the primary therapy because they ...

A common myth about urinary incontinence (the loss of bladder control or urinary leakage) in women is that surgery is your only option. "Some patients desire surgery as the primary therapy because ...