Risk factors for incontinence change as women age
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NEW YORK  - A range of health and lifestyle factors can predispose middle-aged women to bladder-control problems, though the causes tend to shift with age, according to a new study.
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The way a girl grows during adolescence and even in the womb may play an important, if murky, role in her risk of breast cancer later in life, a study suggests. The study of 117,000 women in Denmark found that those who were chubby at birth but tall and lean at 14 were more likely to develop the disease...
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Inserting an artificial  sphincter around the outlet of the bladder can improve the  urine leakage that many elderly men experience following  removal of the prostate gland for cancer and other diseases,  according to a report in the journal Urology. The results  suggest that age in itself is not a barrier to this treatment.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Muscle damage caused during vaginal childbirth is associated with a serious gynecological condition called pelvic organ prolapse later in life, U.S. researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Women in their 40s, who tend to  have relatively dense breast tissue, are more likely to have a  breast tumor missed on a screening mammogram than are older  women, new study findings suggest.
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Researchers find that weight gain in middle-age occurs in two distinct phases.
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Women treated for pre-cancerous lesions are at increased risk of developing cervical or vaginal cancer for at least another 25 years, according to a study suggesting that follow-up tests fall dangerously short.
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Urinary incontinence in women can be corrected by transplanting the patient's own muscle-derived stem cells into the urethra to strengthen it, scientists said on Monday.
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A new study finds that, during the 1990s, there was a dramatic increase in Caesarean sections in the United States among women who faced no real medical risks.
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NEW YORK  - Too much abdominal fat in  middle age may increase the risk of disability in later years,  according to new study findings presented Wednesday at the  annual meeting of the North American Association for the Study  of Obesity in Las Vegas.
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U.S. women ages 45 to 54 face more than double the risk of stroke than men the same age, researchers said on Wednesday, noting that obesity in these women may be partly to blame.
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Women aged 16 to 19 are 43% more likely to test positive for Chlamydia than women in their early twenties, show data from the first year of the Chlamydia screening programme in England, reported in Sexually Transmitted Infections.
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Too much abdominal fat in middle age may increase the risk of disability in later years, according to new study findings presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity in Las Vegas.
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NEW YORK  - Women awaiting surgery to  relieve severe stress urinary incontinence may gain significant  relief with the drug Yentreve, leading some to reconsider  surgery, a study indicates.
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Rates of sexually transmitted infections are on the rise among middle-aged women, experts warn.
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Austrian researchers say they have successfully used their female patients&#39; own stem cells to treat urinary incontinence. The therapy is a potentially long-lasting one, with patients remaining continent one year after treatment, HealthDay reported.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women who engage in more vigorous physical activity seem to have a lower risk of breast cancer.