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Weight, not menopause, causes incontinence
A study of 2,400 women suggests that being overweight is more likely to cause incontinence than going through menopause. Over six years, 14 percent of incontinent women reported worsening symptoms, 32 percent reported fewer symptoms, and 52 percent reported no change. Doctors had suspected that the increase in incontinence in midlife was due in part to the loss of estrogen during menopause.
(Reuters) UPDATED 03/28/2008Click here to read the full story
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