Bladder pressure is usually a sign that a person needs to urinate. But, it can also indicate an underlying health condition, such as interstitial cystitis. People often refer to interstitial cystitis ...

Overactive bladder involves the sudden urge to urinate and can lead to leaking urine. It’s most common in older adults, particularly older women, but it can sometimes occur in young people. Overactive ...

Bladder infections are a common type of urinary tract infection (UTI). Bacteria enters your urethra and moves to the bladder, where the bacteria can multiply quickly. Anyone can have a bladder ...

Immunotherapies known as checkpoint inhibitors are so promising in bladder cancer that many patients want them as first treatments — before they’ve been proven in that setting. Treated in a ...

Overactive bladder exercises focus on strengthening the pelvic floor muscles and retraining the bladder and brain for better bladder control. Overactive bladder (OAB) exercises may help reduce ...

People with spina bifida often have neurogenic bladder, a condition that occurs due to nerve damage. If you have neurogenic bladder, you can leak urine, retain urine, or both. Treatment is necessary ...

(KUTV) An estimated 1 in 4 adult women experience bladder leaks, and many of them don’t talk about it. However, it’s an important subject to bring up with your provider because help is available. For ...

This summary reviews suprapubic bladder aspiration in children, both with and without the use of ultrasound guidance. Familiarity with this procedure is important when neither a clean-catch urine ...

Bladder cancer remains a major public health burden in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates 84,870 new cases of bladder cancer and 17,420 deaths annually in the United States, ...