Incontinence: Improving Muscle Tone

By Marlene Griffin on September 22, 2009

Incontinence is one of the most common problems among women these days. A treatable disorder, whose main symptom is frequent urination and leakage. An overactive bladder and incontinence affects 12 million North American women.

Incontinence occurs when the urethra loses support from the vaginal walls. Overactive bladder is closely linked to incontinence, and is characterized by such symptoms as frequent urination, insomnia due to the urge to urinate at night, urine leakage, and even bed-wetting.

WomenOver40Health.com

Envie de pipi en plein film? Un site indique quand aller au petit coin

By Agence France-Presse (Washington) on September 17, 2009

Les cinéphiles du monde entier vont bientôt pouvoir écumer les salles obscures sans craindre d'être pris d'une envie pressante au moment crucial, le site américain Runpee.com (courir faire pipi) s'apprêtant à devenir international.

Runpee.com a révolutionné la fréquentation des cinémas aux Etats-Unis en indiquant aux spectateurs à quel moment ils pouvaient s'absenter et de combien de temps ils disposaient pour faire leurs besoins sans manquer de passages clés.

Dan Florio, qui a lancé Runpee après être resté cloué à son siège pendant trois heures et sept minutes pour ne pas manquer une miette de «King Kong» en 2005, est «actuellement en train de remodeler le site afin qu'il puisse être compatible avec tous les caractères», a-t-il dit à l'AFP.

Technaute (cyberpresse.ca)

When it comes to washrooms, city ranks among best -- and worst

By Bruce Deachman on June 24, 2009

The bad news is that if you're desperately in need of a washroom while at the Rideau Centre, the facilities there rank among the nation's absolute worst.

The good news is that if you can cross your legs and hop-skip your way across Rideau Street to the Château Laurier, you'll find some of the best ones there.

And if you can make it as far as the Antrim Truck Stop in Arnprior, you'll have found the best in the province.

Ottawa Citizen

Lifting the lid on Canada's top toilets

By Teresa Smith on June 23, 2009

When you gotta go, you gotta go. And now there's a map to tell you where to go - all across Canada.

Road trip season is upon us, and that means doing your best to hold it until the next exit.

Thankfully, The Powder Room - a national program for people with an overactive bladder - has taken it upon itself to rate, and map out the best and worst public washrooms in the country so you'll know exactly which ones deserve a tush in the seat, and which ones to avoid like the plague.

Canwest News Service

FDA releases list of potential drug risks

By Lisa Richwine on June 4, 2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday listed two dozen drugs, including weight-loss medicines and sleep disorder pills, that it is at an early stage of reviewing for potential safety problems.

The FDA also said Pfizer's overactive bladder drug Detrol was under investigation for reports of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a serious skin reaction.

Reuters

Mitzi's Sister (Toronto) awarded "Scariest Bathroom" for the Eat The Street Awards Ceremony

By The kids of Parkdale Public School on May 13, 2009

BlogTO

When you were told to... WASH YOUR HANDS... were you listening?

By DIANA ZLOMISLIC and COREY MINTZ on May 10, 2009

We asked two of our most inquisitive - and brave - writers to spend time in public washrooms to tally how many people wash their hands after... well, you know. Here's what they found.

Toronto Star