Overactive bladder (OAB) causes a person to urinate more frequently and to feel a sudden and intense need to urinate. Urge incontinence occurs when this urge to urinate causes leaking. Although the ...

I can’t get a good night’s sleep.”  After much cajoling, I got her to call her primary care provider who told her, as I had, that she most likely has an overactive bladder (OAB). An appointment was ...

Overactive bladder (OAB) is a health condition defined by the frequent, urgent need to urinate. Overactive bladder is a category of urinary symptoms, rather than a disease in its own right. It can ...

Even though ambulatory and primary care settings are ideal for screening, basic evaluation, and initial management of UI and OAB, most clinicians do not ask patients about the problem and, if UI is ...

If you're feeling more sudden urges to run to the bathroom as you age, you're not alone. A new study suggests postmenopausal women aged 45 to 54 years are more likely to have overactive bladder (OAB) ...

conditions Multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, dementia, and impaired mobility may cause bladder symptoms. Same for women. Medications Diuretics, ...

Medtech companies are increasingly investing in neuromodulation to treat UUI, which is estimated to impact 20% of adults worldwide.

“I have women that will start working with me and come back for follow up appointments and say, ‘I started to speak with my friends about this, and it’s—I never knew how many people had this problem,' ...

Because conditions affecting the bladder and micturition have often been uncomfortable or "taboo" subjects in the past, UI and OAB have been underreported and underdiagnosed. Surveys have shown that ...

Frequent urination or the inability to postpone urination when a sudden urge to void occurs is associated with what frequently is referred to as an overactive bladder. This problem may be caused by a ...