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November 19, 2008
Women more willing than docs to accept labor risks
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women are more willing to accept potential risks of delivering their baby vaginally than are the medical professionals caring for them, Australian researchers report.
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October 16, 2008
Kegel exercise relieves post-pregnancy incontinence
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women can prevent or treat urinary or fecal incontinence due to childbirth by pelvic floor muscle training, a new review of current scientific evidence shows.
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September 29, 2008
Bladder problems keep women out of sports
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A weak bladder keeps many women from taking part in recreational sports, according to an Italian study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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September 5, 2008
Excess use of denture cream tied to nerve damage
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Loading up on denture cream can be hazardous to your health, new research suggests.
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August 29, 2008
Benefit of pelvic exercises on urine leaks wanes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In pregnant women, pelvic floor muscle training for bladder-control problems, though beneficial initially, is ineffective over the long term, research shows.
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June 4, 2008
Bladder and dementia therapy may be incompatible
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of elderly nursing home patients, those who took medications for dementia called cholinesterase inhibitors and medications for incontinence called anticholinergics at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia.
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May 21, 2008
Weight, lifestyle factors tied to urinary symptoms
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults who are obese or have less-than-ideal lifestyle habits may be more likely to have multiple, and more severe, urinary problems, new research suggests.
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May 8, 2008
Pelvic floor maladies can impact women's sex life
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Incontinence and other disorders of the pelvic organs can take a toll on a woman's sex life, a new study suggests.
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May 6, 2008
Incontinence affects women regardless of race
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black women are less likely than white women to suffer bladder-control problems, but when they do, the condition tends to be worse, a new study suggests.
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March 27, 2008
Worsening incontinence not linked to menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The worsening of symptoms of incontinence among middle-aged women is attributable to weight gain, not menopause, according to findings published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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March 20, 2008
Survey gauges side effects of prostate treatments
BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Age, race and obesity affect how satisfied men are with their treatment for prostate cancer, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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October 26, 2007
Hysterectomy raises incontinence surgery risk
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Women who have undergone hysterectomy, or removal of the womb, are at higher risk of urinary incontinence that needs to be corrected by surgery later on, a 30-year Swedish study has found.
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September 28, 2007
Prostate cancer hard on wives as well
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A diagnosis of prostate cancer may take as great a toll on wives' well-being as it does men's, new research suggests.
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August 17, 2007
Duloxetine calms overactive bladder in women
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The drug duloxetine (sold as Cymbalta) relieves symptoms of overactive bladder in women, according to a study.
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August 8, 2007
Excess pounds worsen women's bladder control
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The more weight a woman puts on after her teen years, the more likely she is to develop urinary incontinence in her late 30s to early 50s, a new study shows.
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July 31, 2007
Exercises reduce urine leak after prostate surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with urinary incontinence after prostate surgery may benefit from exercises designed to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, a group of muscles that surround the urethra and rectum, according to a report in BJU International.
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June 4, 2007
Doctors biased in selecting prostate cancer therapy
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The type of prostate cancer treatment a man gets has a lot to do with the kind of specialist he sees first, according to a study released on Monday that lends scientific evidence to something many men have likely guessed.
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March 30, 2007
Prostate cancer treatment side effects differ
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For men with early prostate cancer, radioactive seed implantation and surgery to remove the prostate are two effective treatments, with roughly the same costs, but these treatments have different long-term side effects, French doctors report.
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March 28, 2007
Incontinence, painful sex common after giving birth
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A year after giving birth, many women are plagued by urinary incontinence, pain during sex, and other problems, UK researchers report.
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March 6, 2007
Low-impact exercise may ward off incontinence
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Active women are less likely to develop urinary incontinence as they age, a new study shows.
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February 27, 2007
Device aids older men with leaky bladder
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Inserting an artificial sphincter around the outlet of the bladder can improve the urine leakage that many elderly men experience following removal of the prostate gland for cancer and other diseases, according to a report in the journal Urology. The results suggest that age in itself is not a barrier to this treatment.