You’re driving somewhere, eyes on the road, when you start to feel a tingling sensation in your lower abdomen. That extra-large Coke you drank an hour ago has made its way through your kidneys into ...

Dr. Keith Roach, M.D. DEAR DR. ROACH: My daughter, who is 50, recently went to a urologist for bladder retention issues. She had several tests performed. My daughter’s doctor told her that the ...

Overactive bladder is a long-term condition that won’t go away on its own and may worsen if a person does not get treatment. The condition can be caused by issues in how the brain and bladder ...

Becky Clarkson, Ph.D., research assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Division of Geriatrics and co-director of the Continence Research Center. Arriving home after a ...

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 ...

—In an interview with MedPage Today, Dr. Purves, a urologist at Duke University, discusses the role of inflammation in lower urinary tract dysfunction. Current research suggests that ...

How do we sense the need to urinate? The basic urge is surprisingly complex and can go awry as we age. By Emily Underwood / Knowable Magazine Published Jun 10, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This article was ...

At birth, urination is governed not by the brain, but by a spinal reflex that springs into action when the bladder reaches a certain capacity. Only at around age 3 or 4 do the brain regions that ...

I got radiation a couple of years ago for prostate cancer, and... yup. That "latchkey" thing would be me, I'm okay until I get to the door of the washroom and then the race is on. Unfortunately I have ...