urinary incontinence – MD Update

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No More Suffering in Silence

June 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Donna Ison bladder, board-, bowel, bowel movement, Bulkamid®, Centre college 's athletic department, certified urogynecologist, clinicals, course of evaluation, delivery, disorder, dysfunction, empathy, empowerment, FACOG, FDA-approved, field of urogynecology, floor, floor disorder, gel, general GYN service, GYN, GYN rotation, GYN service, gynecological issue, incontinence, Jamie Rhodes, large prolapse, lesser-known specialty, Louisville, Louisville school, Marjorie Pilkinton, mom, Northwell, Northwell health, Norton, Norton medical group, Norton woman, Norton woman 's Care, OB/ GYN, pelvic floor, pelvic floor disorder, photo, physical therapy, Pilkinton, Pilkinton state, prolapse, quality of life, referral, scope of Urogynecology, sexual dysfunction, side of GYN, silence, Sinai west, sphincter, surgery, therapy, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, urethra, urethral bulk injection, urinary incontinence, urogynecologist, urogynecology, vagina, wall of the urethra, water-based, water-based gel, woman suffer incontinence, work study program

LOUISVILLE The field of urogynecology is one of the lesser-known specialties—among both medical professionals and the general public—which means many

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Special Section

The Evolution of Gynecological Cancer Care

October 1, 2021December 10, 2021 MD-Update Staff ablation, abnormal bleed, Alexandra Rogers Margarita Terrassa, all-female practice, American cultural mainstream, bladder, bleed, board-certified, Botox, breast, breast cancer, cancer, CDC, cervical cancer, cervical cancer awareness, comprehensive care, Denise Kirkham, diagnosis, educational act, endometrial, endometrial ablation, evolution of gynecological cancer, female cancer, Gil Dunn, gynecological care, gynecology, happy Rockefeller, HPV, HPV vaccine, hysteroscopy, image001 photo, image002 photo, in-house, in-office, in-office service, in-office surgery, in-office surgery suite, incontinence, Jamie Baldwin, Kim Aldridge, l-r, large surgery suite, Louisville, Louisville obstetrics, majority of doctor, mammogram screen, Margarita Terrassa, new sign of the time, OB-GYN generalist, OB-GYN practice, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, ovulation, pain, pap, pap smear, patient demand, Patient-Oriented, pelvic pain, phase of comprehensive care, physician, ponce, ponce school, ponce school of medicine, procedure, procedure suite, recognizable symbol promote mammogram screen, smear, Specialty-Focused, state-of-the-art equipment, suite, surgeon, surgery, surgical procedure, surgical solution, surgical suite, teal-colored, teal-colored ribbon, Terrassa, tissue, treatment of abnormal pap smear, Tulane university hospital, ultrasound, unique female perspective, urinary incontinence, uterus, vaccination, vaccine, wait room of the calm, well-known woman, woman enter medical school, woman provider

LOUISVILLE The years 1971-1972 were pivotal for cancer treatment for women in the U.S. Three prominent, well-known women, Betty Ford,

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Combining Convenience and Compassion

June 1, 2019September 4, 2019 Donna Ison all-female, all-female practice, all-inclusive, area pride, array of in-office, combine convenience, comfort, comprehensive care, comprehensive gynecologic, convenience, cost-effective, Denise Kirkham, endometrial ablation, executive director, female pelvic medicine, female provider, FPMRS, Gil Dunn, gynecologic, Gynecologic surgery fellowship, gynecology, image001 photo, image002 photo, in-office, in-office service, in-office surgery, incontinence, invasive Gynecologic surgery fellowship, invasive surgery, large surgery suite, Lori Warren, Louisville, Louisville 's department, Louisville obstetrics, Louisville pioneer, majority of doctor, Margarita Terrassa, medical degree, medical director, MIGS, miscarriage, nitrous oxide, OB/ GYN, obstetrical care, obstetrics, option, patient demand, patient experience, phase of comprehensive care, photo, ponce, ponce school of medicine, pregnancy, procedure, procedure suite, provider, quality care, reconstructive pelvic surgery, Rob Densmore Loria Warren, state-of-the-art equipment, suite, surgery, surgical procedure, surgical solution, teach patient, Terrassa, treatment of abnormal pap smear, university of Louisville 's department of obstetrics, urinary incontinence, warren, Warren state, woman 's care, woman provider

LOUISVILLE With 11 board-certified female physicians at the helm, Women First of Louisville Obstetrics and Gynecology is no stranger to

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Special Section

Women can Seek Help for Incontinence at Pelvic Floor Therapy Center at Frazier

June 1, 2018September 10, 2018 Holly Hinson American physical therapy association, APTA, bladder, care pharmacy specialist, Carrie Schanen, costly class, costly class of medication, episode of incontinence, experience incontinence, floor, floor disorder, floor therapy center, floor therapy program, Frazier, Frazier woman, Frazier woman 's service, incontinence, incontinence drug, Jewish east, Julie Lockwood, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health partner, Lockwood, Lockwood work, managed care pharmacy specialist, medical center, medication, muscle, pelvic floor disorder, pelvic floor therapy center, pelvic floor therapy program, pelvic pain, PFMT, physical therapist, physical therapy, Schanen, therapist, therapy, therapy association, UI, urinary incontinence, urinary incontinence drug

LOUISVILLE According to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), pelvic floor disorders, such as urinary incontinence, affect up to one

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Cancer Care Cover Story Oncology

Focal Point

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton advantage of HIFU, advent, aggressive prostate cancer, antigen, Bahamas, biopsy, bladder, board-certified, board-certified urologist, Brooks Jackson, cancer, cancer cell, Cancun, cure cancer, cure rate, dysfunction, Eifler, erectile, erectile dysfunction, erectile function, family history, family history of prostate cancer, FDA, focal HIFU, focal point, Gleason, graduate of the U, group of local urologist, HIFU, HIFU promise result equal, HIFU prostate service, HIFU surgeon, HIFU treatment center, high intensity, high risk, HPS, HPS Kentucky, incontinence, intensity, international locale, Jackson, John Jurige, Jurige, Kentucky, leading-edge, leading-edge therapy, life alter side effect, local urologist, Louisville, medical school, metro urology, MRI, oncology, option, outcome, outpatient, outpatient procedure, outpatient procedure use ultrasound energy, photo, physician, probe, procedure, proctor, prostate, prostate cancer, prostatectomy, PSA, PSA screen, radiation, radiation therapy, radical prostatectomy, residency, Robert Densmore, school of medicine, screen, side effect, Sonablate® HIFU, spare normal tissue, specialized ultrasound probe, specific antigen, surgeon, surgery, survival, therapy, three-dimensional image, three-dimensional image of the prostate, tissue, traditional treatment, traditional treatment of radical prostatectomy, treatment option, U, ultrasound, ultrasound energy, ultrasound probe, urinary incontinence, urologic, urologist, urology, visualization

LOUISVILLE When I think of Nassau, Bahamas, and Cancun, Mexico, I picture white sand beaches, crystal blue waters, and vacation

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Physician Viewpoint

If You Could See What I See … Would It Bother You?

May 1, 2012 Michael Heit, MD, PhD abdominal sacrocolpopexy, abdominal sacrocolpopexy use surgical mesh, abdominal wall hernia, anatomic failure rate, anatomic outcome, anatomic success rate, asymptomatic, asymptomatic woman, bulge, case series, colporrhaphy, community-dwelling, complication, considerable number woman, culdoplasty, cystocele, deep vein thrombophlebitis, device manufacturer, enterocele, examination, failure rate, FDA, FDA 's decision, free vaginal tape, gold standard, incontinence, internal organ injury, kit, laparotomy, large volume, lead edge, legal expert suggest causal link, McCall 's culdoplasty, medical device manufacturer, mesh, native tissue repair, number woman, organ, organ injury, organ prolapse, pelvic organ, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic support defect, physical examination, placement, posterior colporrhaphy, prolapse, prolapse mesh kit, prolonged recovery time, rectocele, reoperation, repair, risk of complication, sacrocolpopexy, success rate, support defect, surgical intervention, surgical mesh, surgical treatment of patient, synthetic mesh, therapeutic history, therapeutic history of pelvic organ prolapse, tissue, tissue repair, transvaginal, transvaginal placement, transvaginal placement of a synthetic mesh sling, transvaginal placement of surgical mesh, treatment of pelvic organ prolapse, two to three % rate, urinary incontinence, vaginal bulge, vaginal hysterectomy, vaginal open, vein thrombophlebitis, wall hernia

There has been a firestorm of controversy surrounding the FDA’s decision to warn patients about the safety, risks, and complications

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