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31. 3 Questions Check Urinary Incontinence
    

    May 15, 2006 -- Researchers have designed a three-question quiz to help diagnose urinary incontinence in women. The quiz covers two types of urinary incontinence: stress incontinence and urge incontinence. Stress incontinence is urine leakage during laughing, coughing, sneezing, or other movements.

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32. Biofeedback for Overactive Bladder?
    

    May 8, 2006 -- A new study shows that older women with overactive bladders (urge incontinence incontinence) benefited from learning biofeedback techniques. The benefits were strongest in women who had a history of depression depression, according to the study, which was presented in Chicago at the A

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33. Surgery May Avoid Urinary Incontinence
    

    April 12, 2006 -- For women with pelvic-organ prolapse, getting two operations at the same time may help avoid new cases of stress incontinence. In pelvic-organ prolapse, the pelvic muscles and connective tissue are weak or injured. As a result, the patient's bladder, bowel, and uterus press down on

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34. Emotional Toll From Overactive Bladder
    

    Jan. 20, 2006 -- Having an overactive bladder makes it more difficult to perform daily activities, yet many people don't consider the problem a valid medical condition, according to a new study. Researchers found three-fourths of people with overactive bladders said the condition interfered with dai

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35. Urine Leakage Not Due to Childbirth
    

    Dec. 2, 2005 - Doctors think it's true. Patients think it's true. And urogynecologist Gunhilde M. Buchsbaum, MD, thought vaginal childbirth put women at risk of urinary incontinence. Not any more. Buchsbaum, an associate professor at the University of Rochester, N.Y., now thinks childbirth has nothi

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36. Adult Incontinence: How Common Is it?
    

    May 23, 2005 -- If you've recently had a problem with bladder control, you're far from alone. New surveys show that urinary incontinence -- a problem with bladder control -- is quite common. Both surveys were reported at this week's annual meeting of the American Urological Association in San Antoni

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37. Hormones May Make Urinary Incontinence Worse
    

    Feb. 22, 2005 - A treatment given to postmenopausal women with urinary incontinence actually seems to make the problem worse, researchers say. A new study shows that menopausal hormone therapy increases the risk of developing incontinence in postmenopausal women and increases the symptoms in already

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38. New Overactive Bladder Drug Approved
    

    Dec. 22, 2004 -- The FDA today approved Enablex for the treatment of overactive bladder, according to the drug's manufacturer. Novartis Pharmaceuticals, the East Hanover, N.J., affiliate of Swiss drug giant Novartis AG, says the drug should hit the U.S. market in early 2005. The drug is approved for

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39. New Overactive Bladder Drug Approved
    

    Dec. 22, 2004 -- The FDA today approved Enablex for the treatment of overactive bladder, according to the drug's manufacturer. Novartis Pharmaceuticals, the East Hanover, N.J., affiliate of Swiss drug giant Novartis AG, says the drug should hit the U.S. market in early 2005. The drug is approved for

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40. Your Own Stem Cells May Cure Incontinence
    

    Nov. 29, 2004 -- A new treatment that uses a person's own stem cells to strengthen the bladder may one day cure incontinence. Stress urinary incontinence is a common problem that affects more than 15 million people worldwide. It occurs when the muscles that help the urethra open and close become wea

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