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 ...

Urinary retention is a serious medical condition that affects millions of people worldwide and can lead to significant ...

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 ...

Experts do not fully understand the exact cause of overactive bladder, but it may involve the involuntary contraction of the detrusor muscle, which controls bladder emptying. Risk factors for ...

Struggling with sudden bladder urgency, leaks, or accidents? This guide explains overactive bladder in medical terms, why it ...

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 ...

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 ...