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Diseases: Bladder Diseases | Kidney Diseases | Kidney Failure | Ureteral Diseases | Urethral Diseases | Urinary Tract Infections

Other Topics: General Urinary System | Anatomy | Diagnostic Procedures | Dialysis | Surgery | Kidney Transplantation | Urination Disorders

Urinary Incontinence & Bladder Control

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General Information
Causes and Natural History of Bladder Control Problems:AUA
Your Medicines and Bladder Control:NIDDK
Nerve Disease and Bladder Control:NIDDK
Talking to Your Health Care Team About Bladder Control:NIDDK
Urinary Incontinence: Embarrassing but Treatable:American Academy of Family Physicians
Urinary Incontinence:UpToDate Patient Information
About Incontinence:National Association for Continence
Stress Incontinence:National Association for Continence
Urge Incontinence / Overactive Bladder:National Association for Continence
Urinary Incontinence: MedlinePlus

Urinary Incontinence in Children
See Children's Health, Bedwetting

Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly
Urinary Incontinence:Merck Manual of Health & Aging
Eldercare at Home - Incontinence:Foundation for Health in Aging
Diagnostic Evaluation of Urinary Incontinence in Geriatric Patients:American Academy of Family Physicians

Urinary Incontinence in Men
Urinary Incontinence in Men:NIDDK
Incontinence in Men:Novartis Foundation for Gerontology
Prostate Cancer: Urinary Incontinence:WebMD

Urinary Incontinence in Women
Urinary Incontinence in Women:NIDDK
Your Body's Design for Bladder Control:NIDDK
Pregnancy, Childbirth and Bladder Control:NIDDK
Menopause and Bladder Control: NIDDK
Urinary Incontinence (in Women):American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Urinary Incontinence in Women: Evaluation and Management:American Academy of Family Physicians

Treatment of Urinary Incontinence
Overviews
Controlling Urinary Incontinence:FDA
Treatment (of Stress Incontinence):National Association for Continence
Treatment (of Urge Incontinence):National Association for Continence
Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women:NIDDK
Urinary Incontinence Treatments:UpToDate Patient Information
Specialist Search:National Association for Continence
Behavioral Methods
Behavioral Methods for Urinary Incontinence:WebMD
Urinary Incontinence: Bladder Training:American Academy of Family Physicians
Bladder Retraining Program:Interstitial Cystitis Association
Bladder Retraining:Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
Kegel Exercises
Exercising Your Pelvic Muscles (Kegel Exercises):NIDDK
How To Do Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises (Kegel's):Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
Medications
Understanding Bladder Control Medications:eMedicine Consumer Health
Overactive Bladder Drugs:Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
Newer Agents for the Management of Overactive Bladder:American Academy of Family Physicians
Surgery
Surgery Overviews
Urinary Incontinence Surgery: When Other Treatments Aren't Enough:Mayo Clinic
Surgical Management of Urinary Incontinence:AUA
Surgery for Men or Women
The Raz Procedure:Obiakor Ob/Gyn PC
Urethral Bulking for Urinary Incontinence:WebMD
Sacral Nerve Stimulation:National Association for Continence
Neuromodulation for Overactive Bladder:United Hospital, St. Paul,MN [Video]
Surgery for Men
Urinary Incontinence in Men – Surgery:WebMD
Artifical Sphincter for Urinary Incontinence in Men:WebMD
Surgery for Women
Urinary Incontinence in Women – Surgery:WebMD
Surgery for Urinary Incontinence (in Women):American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Sling Surgery is More Effective than Burch for Bladder Control in Women:NIDDK
Bladder Neck Needle Suspension for Urinary Incontinence in Women:Cochrane Library
Retropubic Suspension for Urinary Incontinence in Women (Burch and Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz):WebMD
Tension-free Vaginal Tape for Stress Incontinence in Women:WebMD
"TVT" Procedure for Urinary Incontinence:Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT [Video]
Urethral Sling for Stress Incontinence in Women:WebMD

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