1 615 343 5602 Fax: +1 615 322 8990 roger.dmochowski@vanderbilt.edu Urinary incontinence in the elderly is a prevalent, bothersome and costly problem, and is not necessarily a normal part of aging.

Incontinence in the elderly at night and throughout the day is fairly common as adults age and their bodies change. What exactly is urinary incontinence? It's the involuntary loss of urine ...

Randomized, controlled trials have shown conflicting results on the effects of hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) and the risk of urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women. To try to clarify ...

There are numerous people around the globe grappling with incontinence, a prevalent issue which can be caused by various factors such as age, certain health conditions, and pregnancy. A large ...

Some are minor, and some are more serious. What you eat and drink, as well as the drugs you take, may all have an effect on incontinence symptoms. If your symptoms are making your life difficult ...

Women who suffer from stress urinary incontinence (SUI) worry about coughing, sneezing, even laughing in public for fear of having an accident. For some the fear of embarrassment is so great that ...

For one thing, having children is a common cause of those symptoms later in life—frequent urination or incontinence affects more than half of all post-menopausal women. For another, those ...

For dogs with true incontinence, the dog literally can't always control when she urinates. Some disorders lead to frequent ...

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By 2050, over 5 billion people — probably more than half the planet’s population — will be exposed to at least a month of health-threatening extreme heat when outdoors in the sun ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is considered as a risk-state for AD. The most characteristic cognitive ...