Study Compares Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women

Holly Richter, Ph.D., M.D., co-authored a paper in October 2106 showing the comparison of Botox A and sacral neuromodulation to control bladder incontinence. In a study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Holly E. Richter, Ph.D., M.D., director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery,… Continue reading Study Compares Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women

Managing “Urge Incontinence”

 

By Judy Kirkwood

If you experience the urge to urinate day and night, even though you just went to the bathroom, you may have Overactive Bladder (OAB). A collection of urinary symptoms, the most prominent being an uncontrollable urge to urinate even though the bladder isn’t full, OAB affects millions of Americans. Although up to 40 percent of American women and 30 percent of men have been identified with OAB, there may well be more people who suffer from it because people don’t like to discuss this kind of problem.