We need to ensure women have access to safe, effective procedures to treat incontinence and prolapse – including those using mesh.
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They are rarely talked about but vaginal pessaries can give women freedom and security if they have prolapse or urinary incontinence.
Knowing where your pelvic floor is and how to exercise it properly can help male incontinence – and might even have some happy side effects.
Social media is awash with ads for interactive games and devices to strengthen the pelvic floor. But do they work?
A step-by- step coordinated physiotherapy plan is key for patients with disorders related to the pelvic floor.
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.
In the hierarchy of diseases, those suffering from ‘high prestige’ diseases benefit from strong community and clinical support, while others are left in the dark.
Mesh surgery for urinary incontinence is effective and extensively studied, while the mesh used in pelvic prolapse is problematic. But the Senate has conflated the two, which will confuse women.
The shame of incontinence and why no one wants to talk about it.
Incontinence is frighteningly common.
Regulatory bodies approved some medical devices to treat pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence before having data to prove their safety and efficacy.
Millions of people need to be confident that suitable public toilets will be available when they leave their homes. A shortage of such facilities is a serious problem for an ageing population.
A common operation to treat vaginal prolapse using an artificially grafted mesh has women needing repeat surgery due to mesh exposure, and suffering from bladder injury and urinary incontinence.
Women with urinary incontinence are often too embarrassed to seek help from their doctor. But there is more likelihood of a cure for those who receive treatment at an earlier point.
Women who have had children are often advised to do exercises to tighten their pelvic floor muscles. The muscles run from the pubic bone at the front of your body towards the back and help support your…
Middle-aged women are more likely to experience depression than older women with urinary incontinence. The University of…
Millions of Australian women experience a pelvic organ prolapse, but they suffer in silence. This hidden epidemic is a well-kept secret and few people in the rest of the community know anything about the…
A new anti-microbial catheter could remain infection free for up to twelve weeks. Scientists developed a catheter designed…
One in eight healthy young women may suffer from urinary incontinence (UI), a new study has found. Researchers surveyed 1,000…
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Associate Professor, Urogynaecology Royal Brisbane and Women's and Wesley Hospitals Brisbane, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Surgical Technologies, University of Leeds
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Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Adjunct associate professor and urogynaecology & pelvic reconstructive surgery, Head Pelvic Floor Unit at Monash Health, Monash University
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Sessional Lecturer, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Chair of Women's Health, Monash University
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NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Head of Women's Health Theme, The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Hudson Institute
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Lecturer, Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia
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Programme Director in Nursing and Midwifery, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University
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Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Head of Department of Urogynaecology, UNSW Sydney
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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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Research Fellow in Women's Health, University of Exeter
