Urinary incontinence is the leakage of urine due to loss of bladder control. The condition is common, impacting up to 50 percent of women. While urinary incontinence occurs more often in older women, ...

Generally, the term urinary incontinence refers to a person's loss of the ability to control his or her bladder. Though the condition has a variety of sub-classifications -- stress urinary ...

Urinary incontinence or bladder leakage occurs when urine (pee) comes out of your bladder when you do not want it to (involuntarily). It is more common in women for the following reasons: ...

Urine leakage in women is often brushed off as normal after childbirth or 30, but doctors warn it's a medical condition. Ignoring it can affect confidence, work and health, early diagnosis and ...

Incontinence may not be the usual topic of discussion at parties and get-togethers, but it can cause problems for more people than suspected. "Generally, when we hear the word incontinence, we think ...

Women contemplating pregnancy are rarely warned by their OB-GYNs that having a baby can wreak havoc “down there,” but it does. Incontinence can have a negative effect on a woman's physical, ...

Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Head of Department of Urogynaecology, UNSW Sydney This article is part of our series examining women’s hidden health conditions. You can read about ...

Approximately 10% to 40% of nulliparous women in Sweden reported having urinary incontinence. All aspects of urinary incontinence have been reported in nulliparous women, with increasing prevalence ...

Urinary incontinence rarely gets our attention, unless we have problems with it. It rarely gets attention unless there is a medical issue connected to it. Yet, almost 50% of women of the age 50-plus ...

I don’t know about you, but my female friendship group is pretty open. It doesn’t matter how bad or embarrassing, we share everything with each other, from cringe-worthy drunk-dialled conversations ...