Not exact matches
Searching for a way to help people regain control
over their unreliable
bladders, Anthony Atala, a urologist at Children's Hospital Boston, injected stem cells from the limb
muscles of rats into their deliberately damaged urinary sphincters, which control flow.
This is because you need to relax your pelvic
muscles in order to empty your
bladder properly, and hovering
over a seat stops you from fully relaxing.
But all that does is stretch your
bladder, which may weaken
muscles over time, making it harder for you to empty your
bladder completely.
Some older dogs (
over seven years) can lose control of the urethral sphincter, which is the
muscle that prevents urine from leaking out of the
bladder.