NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There is a long-lasting treatment for the millions of women suffering from overactive bladder: a pacemaker. "I was going to the bathroom pretty much – started out every 15 ...

The bladder is a pouch-like muscular organ that holds urine from the kidneys until the fluid is eliminated from the body. When the bladder becomes full, nerves in the wall send a signal to the brain ...

InterStim therapy is an implanted stopwatch-sized device that acts as a 'pacemaker' by determining the rate of firing of the muscles in the pelvic floor and can change the way the bladder and ...

PLAINVILLE, Conn. (WTNH) — Seventeen to 30 million in this country suffer from some sort of bladder dysfunction. It’s not only embarrassing, but it can also make doing some of the simplest things in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – It’s a taboo topic that nobody talks about but, almost one in six Americans suffer with urinary or bowel incontinence. That’s more than the number of people with ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of InterStim® Therapy for Bowel Control. InterStim Therapy, previously ...

Full-Body MRI-Conditional InterStim II and InterStim Micro Systems Offer Lifestyle-Friendly Choices in Sacral Neuromodulation Therapy to Europeans Suffering from Incontinence InterStim Micro is a ...

InterStim Therapy is a sacral neuromodulation therapy from Medtronic. InterStim has been regularly used for urinary incontinence for more than a decade, but recently received additional approval as ...

The FDA has issued Medtronic clearance to market the InterStim sacral nerve stimulation therapy system for people with chronic fecal incontinence. The pacemaker-like device has already been FDA ...

(WNDU) - It’s a taboo topic that nobody talks about. But 1 in 6 Americans suffer with either urinary or bowel incontinence. That’s more than the number of people with Alzheimer’s, diabetes, or breast ...

InterStim Therapy for Bowel Control Recently Approved by the U.S. FDA MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced today that newly published data from a multicenter, ...