Now, new research suggests that yoga and other exercise regimens might work just as well to control these bladder issues.

But there are effective treatments, she said, and exercise could be one of them. The new study involved 240 women with urinary incontinence, ages 45 to 90, with an average age of 62. About half ...

For the study, researchers had people go through one of two 12-week exercise programs. In one program, 121 women with urinary ...

The study compared two 12-week exercise programs ... The participants were women with urinary incontinence that caused symptoms at least once a day. They were 45 to 90 years old, with a mean ...

low-intensity exercise, such as yoga, may help improve incontinence in older women. Urinary incontinence is a condition that affects more than half of all middle-aged women and up to 80 percent of ...

Huang says doing any low-impact exercise may be helpful. 'Some people may feel that the study provides good evidence to recommend this type of yoga to women with urinary incontinence,' she says.