Simply put, urinary incontinence is the inability to control the release of urine from your bladder.
But according to the Mayo Clinic, its severity in people who suffer from the condition runs the gamut from occasional, minor dribbles of urine to frequently wetting clothes.
Fortunately, urinary incontinence is generally a treatable condition.
Available treatment include surgery, medication and physical therapy. But some treatments have proven problematic.
Vaginal mesh implants, marketed for treatment of urinary ...
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An entry on re:Cycling, the blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, mentions a recent study that found short-term methods of birth control – such as birth control pills, patches and vaginal rings — have a higher failure rate than long-term methods such as an IUD or skin implant.
A study reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology found that babies born to expectant mothers using antidepressants are more likely to be born early or have a seizure soon after birth.
A recent study by researchers at the University of British Columbia found a link between use of birth control pills containing the compound drospirenone, and irritable bowel syndrome.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diagnosing and treating clinical depression in women is a vital part of reproductive health.
According to a Bloomberg report, federal regulators have warned Johnson & Johnson’s consumer product division about a number of violations, including the company’s failure to properly review more than 60 medical complaints about a vaginal moisturizer product.
