BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - For many women coughing, laughing, sneezing, running or lifting heavy objects causes urine to leak, a condition commonly known as stress urinary incontinence. Among women with ...

(Reuters Health) - Several different types of mesh implant surgery may be effective for treating bladder leaks, but the long-term safety and effectiveness of the procedures isn't yet clear, a new ...

For women with frequent urine leakage, a newer and simpler "sling" surgery works as well as the standard version, according to a new clinical trial. The study involved women with stress urinary ...

As for other surgical procedures for SUI, slings may reduce urge symptoms, possibly secondary to repositioning of bladder neck and correction of genital prolapse. Serels and colleagues [15] reported a ...

Recent reviews have noted failures of transvaginal surgical procedures designed to cure stress urinary incontinence in women. Modifications continue to be applied to improve the transvaginal approach, ...

"Our findings provide a health economics angle on how we can optimize pelvic organ prolapse surgery by addressing coexisting hidden stress incontinence in women with prolapse." — Tsung Mou, MD Many ...

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 ...

A recent study from the Mayo Clinic researchers has shown that surgery for management of stress urinary incontinence can yield better results than conservative methods such as exercise and urethral ...

The young mother interviewed for this story has asked us to conceal her identity. She says her two pregnancies have taken a toll on her body, that's both uncomfortable and embarrassing. The patient ...

(KUTV) An estimated 1 in 4 adult women experience bladder leaks, and many of them don’t talk about it. However, it’s an important subject to bring up with your provider because help is available. For ...