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March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. To help raise awareness for Developmental Disabilities (DD), we will talk about the prevalence of DDs, incontinence and DDs, how Tranquility can help children and families dealing with DDs and incontinence, and some of the most common DDs. Developmental Disabilities (DD) are a complex collection of conditions and disorders…
Polypharmacy is the term used to define taking multiple medications at the same time to treat one or more medical conditions. Regarding polypharmacy and incontinence, polypharmacy can have a negative effect on incontinence in multiple ways. First, we’ll discuss polypharmacy and incontinence, and then look at the risk of polypharmacy, and the consequences of polypharmacy….
As we age, we slowly lose some of our muscle mass and strength. It is a natural aspect of aging and is not necessarily associate with a disease or condition (although it certainly could be). Incontinence is not a normal part of aging and is always a result of an underlying disease or condition. However,…
At Comfort Plus, we recommend, feature, and discuss Tranquility Products a lot. Why is that? It is because of our history (how we were founded), our mission, and our continued belief in the superior quality of Tranquility products. Comfort Plus Mission and History Comfort Plus was founded by Martha O’Neill in 1992 following a horrific…
If you are experiencing incontinence, it may be difficult to know what to do about your condition. According to recent statistics, adults wait an average of 4 years before speaking to a health care professional about their bladder issues. This means that by the time you go see a Urologist about your bladder issues, you’ve…
Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death for men in the United States. Approximately 1 in every 41 men will die from prostate cancer in the US, which is shocking when you consider that prostate cancer is relatively easy to cure if detected early. This has led to a large movement to bring…
Happy Holidays from Comfort Plus! We are proud to share our 2nd annual Spirit of Giving holiday promotion benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association. For every online order between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, we will give you 5% off, and donate 5% to the Alzheimer’s Association. Why We Give Back Martha O’Neill founded Comfort Plus 26 years…
A common cause of incontinence in men and women is nerve damage. Muscles and nerves work in tandem to hold urine in and let urine out: when your bladder is full, nerves send a signal to your brain that it’s time to urinate. Then your brain sends a message to the bladder muscles to act…
It’s Bladder Health Awareness Month! Help Comfort Plus raise awareness for bladder health issues! According to the Urology Care Foundation, over 25 million Americans are currently dealing with loss of bladder control, with an estimated cost of $70 billion a year to our healthcare system. Yet, even with these striking numbers, men and women wait an average…
The following content is from The Informer, a publication by the Simon Foundation for Continence. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and affects an estimated 5.3 million Americans according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Alzheimer’s destroys brain cells causing loss of memory, trouble thinking, and changes in…