"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...

If you're like most people, you probably don't give much thought to your bladder or bowel function unless something goes wrong. Unfortunately, though, these types of dysfunctions are common among ...

Doctors share healthful habits for managing urination and debunk misconceptions about trips to the bathroom ...

Certain healthcare conditions often go unspoken, leading to silent struggles that affect the lives of many. Overactive bladder (OAB) and fecal incontinence (FI) are two such conditions, impacting ...

More than 50 percent of older Americans struggle with incontinence, a new government report released Wednesday shows. "We found that half the population experienced urinary leakage or accidental bowel ...

UCSF and the National Association For Continence (NAFC) are holding a public workshop on October 3 to help women understand how they can control and treat incontinence. Even though urinary ...

A common problem not often talked about is becoming more a topic for public discussion thanks to the advent of physical therapy for a group of muscles known as the pelvic floor. The pelvic floor ...

Procedures to either replace the bladder or help the bladder hold urine are called urinary diversions. Urinary diversion can be as simple as using a small part of the bowel as a tube for the urine to ...