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Low-impact yoga and exercise found to help older women manage urinary incontinence

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Low-impact yoga and exercise found to help older women manage urinary incontinence.

12 weeks of low-impact exercise classes reduced daily episodes of urinary inconsinence by more than half .

The benefits are on par with the effects of medications used to address incontinent, the researchers said.

Incontinence is stigmatized because of many ways it interferes with people's lives.

The two treatments are about equally effective, with both approaches reducing episodes of incontinence by around 60% .

Patients who would like to try these approaches can search for low-impact Iyengar yoga classes in their communities or online.

" One of the take-home messages from this study is 'Be active!".

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