The one-year data shows that 80% of people benefited from the device. It's implanted in the ankle and stimulates a nerve.

For people facing aggressive bladder cancer that no longer responds to standard treatment, options have often been grim—either undergo life-changing surgery to remove the bladder or try less effective ...

It's hard for some folks who suffer illness-related urinary incontinence to judge whether they'll be able to hold it until they get home, or if they should rush to a bathroom now. There might soon be ...

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 ...

GLEN DALE, W.Va. (WTRF) — WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital recently completed its first implant of the Altaviva device, developed by Medtronic, a new treatment option to manage bladder control ...

A newly FDA-cleared implant about half the length of a stick of chewing gum is offering a new treatment option for people ...

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 ...

A 41-year-old nurse from Severance shopping for a solution to her overactive bladder symptoms found a way to regain full control thanks to an innovative procedure. Sarah Avrech said goodbye to a life ...

Bladder control problems affect an estimated 43 million – or one in six – U.S. adults. Of those, nearly 16 million people have urge urinary incontinence, a common symptom of overactive bladder (OAB) ...

In 2010, I was a 22-year-old college student when I suddenly started having the . During the day, I had to go to the restroom 15 or more times, and at night I went another three or more times (which ...

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 ...