If you have pain when you urinate or a change in urine odor or color, call your health care provider. These could be signs of a bladder infection. Some pregnant women also leak urine when they cough or sneeze. For most women, this goes away after the baby is born.
The lowest paid medical assistants only earn about $20,000 per year for 40 hours work. The best-paid assistants can make almost $40,000. For the most part, median earnings run from $25,000 to $30,000 per year.
The median annual income for medical assistants was $29,610 in May 2013. The middle 50 percent earned be-tween $25,160 and $35,600 a year. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $21,280, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $41,910 a year.