Word: urogynecologist
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...report found that about 24% of the nationally representative sample of 1,961 women studied had symptoms of at least one pelvic-floor disorder, conditions that occur when the pelvic muscles and tissues are weakened or injured, according to Dr. Ingrid Nygaard, a urogynecologist and pelvic reconstructive surgeon at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City. The disorders reported in the JAMA study included incontinence and pelvic-organ prolapse, the result of pelvic muscles so weakened that they can't hold organs, such as the uterus, correctly in place. Of the women who reported any symptom...
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