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Baby Boom Women Confronting Pelvic Health Conditions
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 The report said an estimated 33 percent of Baby Boom women have stress urinary incontinence, but only about 47 percent of all women have ever asked their doctor about it. Many women don't realize that treatment may be as simple as floor exercises or biofeedback, or that surgical interventions are also available, the report said.
Some statistics show that as many as 40 percent of women between the ages of 50 and 79 have some form of pelvic prolapse, the report added. But only about 10 percent to 20 percent of women seek medical care, which includes surgical and non-surgical treatments, the report added.
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To learn more about the report, visit the National Women's Health Resource Center.
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Last updated 6/20/2007
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SOURCES: Elizabeth Battaglino Cahill, RN, National Women's Health Resource Center, Red Bank, N.J.; William H. Parker, M.D., obstetrician and gynecologist and clinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine; David Archer, M.D., reproductive endocrinologist, Eastern Virginia Medical School; Norfolk
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