Overactive bladder has a way of stopping your life in its tracks. When this first began for me, I had to strictly plan out my days based on the proximity to a bathroom. For example, I had to stop running because I was not close to a bathroom when I hit the wooded trails. Things ...
The Space Needle is the attraction most synonymous with the city of Seattle, Washington. The Space Needle is located in an area of downtown Seattle known as the Seattle Center, and was built primarily to entice visitors to the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. At its onset, it was largely popular, boasting over two million ...
Urinary urgency and bladder leakage is a common and frustrating problem that affects millions of women, most of them over the age of 50. Urinary urgency in women is frequently caused by an “overactive bladder” due to weakening of the pelvic muscles that support the bladder from aging and loss of estrogen as well as ...
There are two important keys to dealing with menopause: a menopause kit and never sharing an office with “one of those skinny, young women who get cold all the time.” That’s the advice of Willa Addison, a public health nurse with the Jackson County Health Department. Dr. Susan Kaarsberg’s advice was a little more direct. ...
We all know what it feels like – that ‘time to start looking for a bathroom’ feeling. Urinary problems are more common among women than men. Maybe this is because we pay more attention to things ‘down there’ or maybe it is because our urethra is about 8 times shorter than a man’s. For whatever ...
