Stress can be bad: losing a job, losing a loved one, moving to a new city. Stress can also be good: taking an exciting job in a new town, getting married, graduating from…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the temporal relationship between self-reported urine loss and incident, symptomatic, microbiologically confirmed urinary tract infection (UTI).

METHODS: We used daily diaries to collect information on incontinent episodes…

Female urinary incontinence is a common problem. For instance, a postal study from the USA in more than 3500 women reported a prevalence of urinary incontinence (defined as urinary leakage at least…

Regardless of surgical technique, women who have had a hysterectomy are at a much greater risk for needing stress-urinary-incontinence surgery, according to the results of a nationwide,…

Hysterectomy for benign indications has been associated with an increased risk for lower-urinary-tract sequela, but results have been inconclusive. We aimed to establish the risk for stress-urinary-incontinence surgery…

Urinary incontinence affects nearly 40% of women. Hysterectomy is also common, and studies of the procedure’s effect on urinary tract function have yielded conflicting results. Now, Swedish investigators have used…

Daniel Altman and colleagues (Oct 27, p 1494)1 found an increased risk of surgery for stress urinary incontinence after hysterectomy for benign indications, irrespective of surgical technique. However, an increased risk of…

Should women be permitted to accept the risks of cesarean in order to possibly reduce their risk of developing incontinence, prolapse, and pelvic floor problems later on?  This…

A mindset of prevention before, during and after childbirth can help you to avoid pelvic floor problems, or keep existing symptoms in control.  These areas of your…

Vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC) has been an obstetrical topic mired in controversy.  Up until the past few decades,…

As you’re surrounded by the commotion over painting the nursery or planning the baby shower, it’s easy to overlook, as your due date approaches, one…

Injuries to the perineum and vaginal opening affect 35-75% of women during vaginal birth.  Even after careful repair, permanent weakening may create vaginal ‘looseness’.  Some…

It is rarely appreciated that labor and delivery are among the most important physical events in a woman’s lifetime.  But the fact is, whether childbirth is easy or difficult,…

Urinary Incontinence:  Urinary incontinence affects 30-50% of mothers before age 40.  Among women experiencing stress incontinence after childbearing, up to 63% report that it began during pregnancy.  And…

This is a retrospective study of the postoperative outcome of using tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and trans obturator tape (TOT) procedures in women with stress urinary incontinence…