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Managing Loss of Bladder Control without Side Effects
Side Effects Are The Main Reason People Discontinue Their Bladder Meds Side effects are a major factor for consumers to discontinue the usage of the bladder medications – more than 50% of the consumers discontinued the usage within six months, and only 10-20% were still taking the medications after 6-12 months, according to a Consumer Report study. The most common...
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Yoga Improves Women´s Bladder Incontinence
Yoga is all the rage but did you know that yoga may help women’s occasional urinary incontinence and bladder control loss as well? A new study from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) showed that engaging in this ancient form of exercise and meditation may help women reduce suffering from urinary incontinence. Yoga may help women manage symptoms of...
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Female Triathletes and Loss of Bladder Control Issues
A new study from the Loyola University Health System (LUHS) indicates female triathletes may experience loss of bladder control issues. The study results were reported at American Urogynecologic Society scientific conference in Washington, in July 2014. Based on Colleen Fitzgerald, MD, study investigator and physiatrist, LUHS, “There has been a surge in popularity of high-impact sports such as triathlons, but...
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Loss of Bladder Control as a Side Effect of Medication
Hypertension Medications Commonly Cause Incontinence Hypertension medication is one of the most prescribed medications in America. If you or your loved ones are currently on this type of medication, you may want to be aware that hypertension medication may cause loss of bladder control of occasional incontinence by relaxing the smooth muscles in the urethra and sphincter located at the...
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Loss of Bladder Control Can Happen to Anyone, Celebrities Included
The loss of bladder control issues happen to many people, celebrities included. Isn’t it nice to know that the people we look up to are human too? And that they face the same challenges as we do? I’ve shared several stories with you about famous people we all know and admire who have struggled with bladder control issues. Here I...
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Vitamin D Plays A Role In Bladder Health
We’ve been hearing a lot in the press about vitamin D lately. You probably know it plays an important role in bone health because it facilitates calcium absorption. Vitamin D also impacts heart health, immune health, mood, normal healthy blood sugar. And new research also supports that Vitamin D plays a role in bladder health. When we take in vitamin...
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Frequent Nighttime Urination Could Speed Up Aging
Sleep and Premature Aging Lack of sleep could cause a number of health issues. But did you know that frequent nighttime urination could also speed up the internal aging process? Individuals with bladder problems who frequently rise at night to visit the bathroom may be compromising their health and aging more quickly. Recent research has found that failure to get...
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Occasional Incontinence or Loss of Bladder Control – Childbirth or Genetics?
In 2002 a groundbreaking study of nuns shattered the myth that occasional urinary incontinence or loss of bladder control was the result of pregnancy or childbirth. The study looked at nuns who had never given birth and found that these nuns had the same rate of occasional incontinence or loss of bladder control as women in the general population who had...
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Bladder Control Issues And Childbirth – A Study of Nuns
Bladder control issues and childbirth may not be directly related, as previously believed. For a long time physicians believed (and some still do!) that childbirth was responsible for weakening the pelvic floor muscles that support the bladder and ultimately led women to experience bladder control issues later in life. However, a groundbreaking study published in 2002 challenged that assumption. The...
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