Pelvic floor exercises can strengthen or relax your pelvic muscles, help reduce bowl and bladder leakage, and stop prolapse.

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Kegel exercises to strengthen pelvic floor muscles, bladder ...

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump Your bathroom habits have a direct impact on your pelvic floor health. You may not think much ...

An overactive bladder can cause you to leak urine when you least expect it. You can mitigate this with simple lifestyle changes.

Bladder issues are common, and increasingly so as we get older. These conditions can run the gamut from urinary tract infections (UTIs) to bladder cancer or bladder prolapse. Along with lifestyle ...

Leaking when you laugh or sneeze? You're not the only one. Here's why it happens during pregnancy – and what actually helps.

Combining pelvic floor exercises with behavioral therapy could be more effective than current medical treatments at helping men with frequent urges to urinate, new research in men has found. The ...

But just like your heart or lungs, your bladder needs care. Neglect it and you risk discomfort, urinary tract infections, and, in some cases, serious conditions such as incontinence (involuntary ...

Underactive bladder causes contractions that don’t fully empty your bladder. There are several possible causes of an underactive bladder, and treatment depends on factors such as underlying causes and ...