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Summer Travel with the Elderly or Disabled Made Easier with Planning by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine With summer arriving very suddenly this week, people’s thoughts suddenly turn to holidays and at Allanda we are very aware of the difficulties that can exist when travelli ... Read on »

New Urge Incontinence Drug Trials Progress by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In new phase II results presented recently an investigation intoi beta3-adrenoceptor agonist Solabegron yielded statistically significant improvements in symptoms of overa ... Read on »

Urinary Incontinence Prevalence Rises with Increasing BMI by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Increasing body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) symptoms, and BMI status varies substantially by gender and Urinar ... Read on »

How to wear Incontinence Pads & Pants by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine We’ve had a number of positive comments about our new video about How to apply Incontinence Products so thought this was worth mentioning again. The video covers how to ap ... Read on »

New Double Size Brolly Sheets Quilted Mattress Protector by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine We’re adding more of the excellent new Brolly Sheets products to Allanda’s range of Washable Mattress protectors to protect against incontinence. Following on from the ... Read on »

Washable Boxer Short style Incontinence Pants now available in Extra Small size by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Mens Boxer Style Pants We’ve now added Extra Small to the size options for our Male Boxer Style Washable Incontinence Pants . Giving more size options, these fit a ... Read on »

Pelvic Floor Exercises App by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine We’re always talking about the benefits of Pelvic Floor Exercises for managing Incontinence and Bladder problems . Well it seems that the folks at Tena are just as strong ... Read on »

New Video – How to put on/apply Incontinence Pads and Pants by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine As part of our ongoing series of videos we’ve just added our latest video – How to apply Incontinence Products . This video covers how to put on the most common types of d ... Read on »

More than half care home residents denied basic care, unpublished data shows by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine More than half of elderly and disabled people in care homes are being denied basic health services while staff are failing to do enough to preserve their dignity, accordin ... Read on »

High blood pressure can affect incontinence by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine More than half of the world’s stroke deaths are caused by elevated blood pressure levels, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A consistent re ... Read on »

New survey shows incontinence a major concern to older men by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A new survey carried out by Cara Tannenbaum, M.D., M.Sc. a geriatrician and researcher in the health promotion in Canada shows that for ageing men their greatest concern o ... Read on »

Oregano seasoning could be a powerful weapon against prostate cancer by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine It may not be the most obvious of health foods, but pizza could be good for you, new research suggests. Scientists have found that oregano, a seasoning commonly used in pi ... Read on »

Incontinence tests before surgery may be unnecessary says study by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Uncomfortable tests sometimes done before surgery to treat the most common cause of urine leakage in women may be unnecessary, according to a new study involving 630 volun ... Read on »

Physiotherapist goes where men fear and dread by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine David Young is unusual in that he has specialised in an area that isn’t talked about often – male incontinence . Mr Young, 51, of West Pennant Hills, USA has worked as a ... Read on »

Botox injections said to have cured incontinence by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Daily Mail covers incontinence relatively frequently within it’s Health Section and last week it features the story of Emma Henderson who received Botox treatment to h ... Read on »

Half Marathon runner aims to raise awareness of Incontinence by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A man inspired by his friend’s courage in living with incontinence hopes to break the stigma around the condition by running the Bracknell Half Marathon yesterday (29th Ap ... Read on »

New evidence about the effect of caffeine on incontinence by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Women with urinary incontinence who also enjoy their regular cup of coffee or tea don’t have to worry about the extra caffeine making their condition worse, suggests a new ... Read on »

Pelvic floor exercises are safer and significantly more effective than medication for managing... by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A recent study published in Modern Medicine Magazine says that Pelvic floor exercises are safer and significantly more effective than medication for managing both stress a ... Read on »

Urinary tract infections, why it is important to know the warning signs by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are fairly common, especially among the elderly. But what most people don’t understand is that some of the symptoms of a UTI can mimic inco ... Read on »

Constipation can cause incontinence, but there are simple treatments by Allanda .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Constipation can cause urinary or faecal incontinence as the impacted stool puts pressure on the bladder and weakens rectal and intestinal muscles so strategies for managi ... Read on »

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