Tag Archives: women’s health

The Self-reported Prevalence and Knowledge of Urinary Incontinence and Barriers to Health Care-Seeking in a Community Sample of Canadian Women

D. Wayne Taylor, Michael Weir, Jacqueline J. Cahill, Diaa E. E. Rizk The study aimed to determine the prevalence and understanding of urinary incontinence (UI) in a community sample of Canadian women and identify barriers to health-care seeking. Women aged 20 or more were selected randomly fromthe community and interviewed about inappropriate urine loss within

Women not seeking healthcare for urinary incontinence

(July 30, 2013) A paper published by the The Cameron Institute and The Canadian Continence Foundation in the current issue of The American Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences concludes that urinary incontinence is very prevalent amongst Canadian women who neither properly understand the condition and its causes, nor recognize this as a significant problem,

Vaginal Microbiota and the Use of Probiotics

The human vagina is inhabited by a range of microbes from a pool of over 50 species. Lactobacilli are the most common, particularly in healthy women. The microbiota can change composition rapidly, for reasons that are not fully clear. This can lead to infection or to a state in which organisms with pathogenic potential coexist