If you find yourself constantly rushing to the bathroom or notice you leak when you laugh, you may be dealing with urinary incontinence (UI). But that “gotta go” feeling can vary for everyone. That’s ...

Proper urinary elimination is a key indicator of your overall health, especially as you get older. If your ability to urinate is impaired, it can cause a wide variety of other conditions. Impaired ...

It’s easy to take bladder control for granted, since it’s something we do automatically after mastering it as children. But for some adults, that control starts to decline thanks to an overactive ...

Overactive bladder (OAB) is a set of symptoms characterized by the frequent, urgent need to urinate. It may be caused by a disruption in the nerve signals between your bladder and your brain, or by ...

ENLARGEMENT of the prostate is so preponderantly the major cause of urinary retention and its surgical treatment has been so generally successful that it may mask other disturbances of bladder ...

A neurogenic bladder stands for a lack of bladder control due to a dysfunction of nerves affecting afferent or efferent signaling. These nerves carry messages between the bladder and spinal cord, and ...

Regularly delaying urination may increase susceptibility to urinary tract infections (UTIs) and bladder symptoms in women, highlighting the importance of timely voiding habits.

Veteran "Young and the Restless" actor Eric Braeden recently disclosed he has bladder cancer and detailed his diagnosis and immunotherapy treatment. "I hate to be this personal, but I think this may ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am going to be 98 in July. A few months ago, I had a bad cough for weeks. My internist gave me guaifenesin with codeine. The medicine got rid of the cough, but I developed the ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 71 and began having urinary issues due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) many years ago. I took alpha blockers (Flomax, double Flomax and tadalifil), which didn't provide any ...