Various nerves control bladder and bowel function, including the spinal cord, cauda equina, pudendal nerves, and the enteric nervous system, a nerve network in the walls of the digestive tract. These ...

Tibial nerve stimulation (TNS) for overactive bladder (OAB) is a treatment that uses electrical signals to help control bladder contractions. It can reduce the number of times a person feels the urge ...

There are several different types of neurogenic bladder. Some of them are designated by their causes and some by their symptoms. Neurogenic bladder is a broad term that is used to talk about what ...

Urinary and bowel disorders, manifesting as symptoms like frequent urination or difficulty in bowel movements, can greatly impact one's quality of life, even though they are not outwardly visible.

A neurogenic bladder happens from nerve damage as a long-term result of high blood sugar. Preventing this hyperglycemia is a key way of helping to reduce the risk of this complication. Nerves are ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Nervous system disorders often affect people in many ways. One of the most common, but least talked about, impacts is on the urinary tract, in a condition called neurogenic ...

LAS VEGAS -- Overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms in women improved rapidly and significantly following a single treatment with transvaginal radiofrequency (RF) nerve ablation, a small prospective study ...

New insights into what causes the painful and disruptive symptoms of urinary tract infections (UTIs) could offer hope for ...

Urinary tract infections are painful, inconvenient and incredibly common. For decades, doctors haven’t had any leads on why, even after several rounds of antibiotics, UTI pain can linger. Now they do.

To make life easier for people with a common bladder condition, Medtronic is digging in far away from urinary tract. Treatment for urinary urge incontinence can require pads, absorbent underwear and ...