Researchers at MIT have designed a wearable ultrasound patch that can image organs as well as a conventional ultrasound does, without the need for cold gel or an operator. While they used it to ...

If bladder nerves are damaged from surgery or from a disease, then a patient often loses sensation and is unaware that their bladder is full. Should you run to the bathroom now? Or can you hold it ...

Should you run to the bathroom now? Or can you hold it until you get home? A new implant and associated smartphone app may someday remove the guess work from the equation. Northwestern University ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’re driving somewhere, eyes on the road, when you start to feel a tingling sensation in your lower abdomen. That extra-large ...

Scientists have developed a special device for your bladder that will let you know how long you have before you need to pee. According to a new paper in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Patients with urinary incontinence, sudden and overwhelming urges to urinate, frequent urination and similar problems are usually given the traditional urodynamic test to measure how well the bladder ...

The full picture reveals a more complex—and far more interesting—interplay between anatomy, physiology and social conditioning. Women might feel like they need to go more often, but their actual ...

You hold it during long meetings, car trips, or when you’re too comfortable in bed to get up. What seems like a harmless inconvenience is actually training your nervous system in ways that can have ...

The soft, stretchable sensor is the elongated section near the tip of the tweezers. The green box is the implantable "base station," which holds electrical components to power the device and ...