Could we divert incontinence products from landfill? Yes – if we tackle social stigma and access to affordable health services, encourage biodegradable products and introduce supportive waste policies
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Knowing where your pelvic floor is and how to exercise it properly can help male incontinence – and might even have some happy side effects.
If women don’t have access to quality emergency surgery, they can develop dibilitating complications such as fistula.
The persistent stigma surrounding incontinence has paralysed today’s inventive minds.
If you haven’t had kids you probably haven’t given much thought to your pelvic floor muscles. But 5 out of 5 experts say all women should regularly exercise them.
Each year an estimated 100 000 women have complications during childbirth which leave them with obstetric vaginal fistula.
The shame of incontinence and why no one wants to talk about it.
Incontinence is frighteningly common.
Many men live with prostate cancer rather than die from it. Here’s the evidence for why they shouldn’t jump to surgery.
Some 85% of research into drugs and treatments ends up on the cutting room floor but not all of that should.
Principales colaboradores
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Associate Professor in Surgical Technologies, University of Leeds
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer, Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, University of Stirling
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Senior Lecturer in Pain Sciences, University of South Australia
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Professor of Public Policy, Psychology and Behavioral Science, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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University of Stirling
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Professor of Health Services Research, University of Aberdeen
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Research Fellow in Women's Health, University of Exeter
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Associate professor in Cognitive Science, Lund University
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Professor, Lund University
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Associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Adjunct associate professor and urogynaecology & pelvic reconstructive surgery, Head Pelvic Floor Unit at Monash Health, Monash University
