When Jodi Byfuglin, 56, was diagnosed with bladder cancer, it felt like cruel irony. Byfuglin had lost both her parents to cancer in their 50s, and as a single mother of two, she was all her kids had ...

A team co-led by scientists at Scripps Research has found that the main sensor protein enabling our sense of touch also underlies the feeling of having a full bladder and makes normal bladder function ...

It would be easy to think that incontinence is an old person’s problem. But it affects younger women more than we realize: Two out of five women under 60 have some leakage, says Jill Rabin, M.D., ...

Most epithelial tissues contain self-renewing stem cells that mature into downstream progenies with increasingly limited differentiation potential. It is not surprising that cancers arising from such ...

Urinary incontinence — or involuntary bladder leakage — is a distressing problem that can have a significant impact on the life on the many women it affects in America. According to the National ...

Scientists have found that the main sensor protein enabling our sense of touch also underlies the feeling of having a full bladder and makes normal bladder function possible. The discovery marks a key ...

Since then, Dr. Nassiri and Inderbir Gill, MD, chair of the department of urology at USC Keck School of Medicine, had ...

For a lot of people, a trip to the bathroom is something that can be delayed if necessary. But for many women who suffer from urinary incontinence, their leaky bladders can’t wait for a more ...

Certain healthcare conditions often go unspoken, leading to silent struggles that affect the lives of many. Overactive bladder (OAB) and fecal incontinence (FI) are two such conditions, impacting ...

Q. My mother is concerned about locating a restroom every time we go out. Are bladder problems a normal part of aging? A. Your mother may be experiencing overactive bladder symptoms. OAB occurs when ...