Overactive Bladder 101

It’s hard enough finding time to get together with our girlfriends between family responsibilities, work and (trying to) squeeze in a workout. We shouldn’t let the anxiety of making sure there’s always a bathroom around stop us from finally getting in those much needed laughs. For 33 million U.S. adults — and 4 out of 10 women — that anxiety is real. The culprit? Overactive bladder (OAB). OAB is the sudden and urgent feeling that you need to pee even when your bladder isn’t full. OAB is common. And more than 1 in 3 of those with OAB also experience urinary urge incontinence — when you have a s