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What is Overactive Bladder Syndrome?
Overactive bladder syndrome, also referred to as OAB, is an uncontrollable need to urinate, often at the worst possible times ...
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Leaky Bladder Symptoms and Remedies
One in five women endures the symptoms of leaky bladder, or urinary incontinence. Yet often, a suffering woman does not ...
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Painful Periods and Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a condition where tissue from the lining of the uterus, called the endometrium, forms and grows in places ...
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Are You a Candidate for ThermiVa?
ThermiVa is performed without the use of lasers, offering patients no recovery time or delay in sexual activity. The procedure ...
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Endometriosis: How a Board-Certified FPMRS Can Help
If you have a history of painful periods, pain with sex, or general pelvic pain, there is a good chance ...
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Pregnancy – Steps To Take
When you're diagnosed with pelvic organ prolapse, you're faced with a challenging and emotionally painful question: Should I continue adding children to my ...
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Pregnancy – Are You At Risk?
Pain, pressure, and fullness are very common complaints during pregnancy. But when those pesky symptoms don’t subside after birth, you ...
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“My Bottom is Falling Out”
If you have pelvic floor dysfunction, this may be one way you might describe your symptoms. Other ways to describe ...
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Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Dos and Don’ts
Sometimes suffering with pelvic floor dysfunction, or PFD, can make you feel like you are limited in what you can ...
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The Great Mesh Debate: Unraveling the Basics
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a condition that affects nearly one-third of middle-aged women. It occurs when the muscles that ...
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Endometriosis – Know the Facts
Endometriosis affects about 5 million American women. It’s an often painful disorder in which tissue that normally lines the inside ...
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Leaky Bladder and Leaky Faucets
by Peahen Gandhi, MD, FACOG, FPMRS "It was so annoying. I could not sleep. Drip, drip, drip sang the faucet ...
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What Defines Heavy Bleeding?
We understand that discussing heavy bleeding can be embarrassing to talk about. You may not even realize that what you ...
Incontinence: You're Not Alone
Incontinence: You’re Not Alone
Urinary incontinence is not an uncommon problem. In fact, 1 in 5 women struggle with it. Incontinence itself is not ...
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Are You Exercising Your Pelvic Floor?
While new mothers have a ton of new things on their minds after giving birth to a baby, one of ...
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