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Metabolic syndrome in women with and without stress urinary incontinence.

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a disease of multifactorial etiology characterized by increased waist circumference, elevated triglyceride levels, decreased HDL...

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Intakes of vitamins and minerals in relation to urinary incontinence, voiding, and storage symptoms in women: a cross-sectional analysis from the Boston Area Community Health survey.

Background: Whether lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), including voiding, storage, and urinary incontinence, are affected by dietary micronutrients is uncertain.Objective:...

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Prevalence of and risk factors for urine leakage in a racially and ethnically diverse population of adults: the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey.

Most epidemiologic studies of urine leakage in the United States report on women and White populations. In this study, the...

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Weight loss to treat urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women.

Background: Obesity is an established and modifiable risk factor for urinary incontinence, but conclusive evidence for a beneficial effect of...

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Treatment status and risk factors for incidence and persistence of urinary incontinence in women.

Introduction and hypothesis: The objective of this analysis was to describe urinary incontinence (UI) incidence and persistence over 5 years...

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The Brain and the Bladder: Forebrain Control of Urinary (In)Continence.

Neural circuits extending from the cerebral cortex to the bladder maintain urinary continence and allow voiding when it is socially...

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Limbic system pathologies associated with deficiencies and excesses of the trace elements iron, zinc, copper, and selenium.

Deficiencies of nutrients such as amino acids, vitamins, lipids, and trace elements during gestation and early infanthood have strong deleterious...

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Magnesium supplement enhances spatial-context pattern separation and prevents fear overgeneralization.

Enhancement of pattern separation could be helpful in improving the quality of normal daily learning and in treating individuals with...

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Multifactorial determinants of cognition - Thyroid function is not the only one.

Background: Since the 1960s hypothyroidism together with iodine deficiency have been considered to be a principal determinant of cognition development....

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