New research has been published in an academic journal that suggests women who drink lots of caffeinated drinks are more likely to develop incontinence. The report, which can be seen in the Journal of Urology, goes against another recent piece of research which suggested that tea and coffee have "little effect" on urinary incontinence.

Mary K. Townsend, who was one of the researchers on the report which found a correlation between drinking coffee and incontinence, told the Daily Mail about the work. "We only observed an increased risk of urinary incontinence among women with the highest intakes of caffeine," she said. "Our study suggests that avoiding higher caffeine intake might also be useful advice for women who do not have urinary incontinence, but are concerned about developing it."

The findings of the report go directly against those of another study by Sweden's Karolinska Institute, which found no correlation.
Lead author Giorgio Tettamanti said: "What we found is not really surprising, but it goes against current knowledge."