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Effects of behavioural intervention and tolterodine in OAB patients

Thursday, 18 June  2009- A US study assessed the effect of tolterodine extended release plus behavioural intervention on treatment satisfaction and bladder diary variables in patients with overactive bladder who had been...

Edited by: JV

Finnish study conducts systematic evaluation of factors associated with nocturia

Wednesday, 17 June 2009- In a case-control study with prevalence sampling, a group of researchers in Finland explored the correlates for nocturia and their population-level impact. The results of a study by K. Tikkinen, et al.,...

Edited by: JV

Study confirms: Botox injections help overactive bladders sufferers

Thursday, June 2009- A study published in the June issue of BJU International shows that patients who had Botox injections to control bladder problems reported significant improvements in their lives as well as their symptoms for...

Edited by: ES

Older patients use pads, still unaware of PFME benefits

Thursday, 14 May 2009- According to a study, published in the May issue of Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science, most elderly patients, who suffer from urinary incontinence, are not sufficiently instructed on the benefits of...

Edited by: ES

US study examines cognitive therapy and bladder control

Thursday, 7 May 2009- Doctors at the Loyola University Health System (LUHS) in Chicago, Illinois, USA, are employing alternative measures to treat the embarrassing side effects of incontinence. The findings of the study were...

Edited by: JV

Japanese study links nocturia with higher mortality risk

Tuesday, 5 May 2009- For patients suffering from nocturia, the need to urinate at least twice during the night may have a significantly increased risk for mortality.

Researchers from Japan presented a study at the 104th Annual...

Edited by: JV

A UK consensus on bladder management in multiple sclerosis

Friday, 24 April 2009- Bladder problems are a common and distressing aspect of multiple sclerosis. Their management is currently erratic in the United Kingdom( UK), although the problems are highly amenable to treatment.

In...

Edited by: JV

Origin and modulation of spontaneous activity in the bladder trigone

Wednesday, 22 April 2007- The trigone provides a fixed, but controlled base to the bladder during filling, and relaxes just before emptying. Unlike dome and urethra, the trigone has a dual cholinergic and adrenergic innervation....

Edited by: JV

Hypothermic prostatectomy has positive effect on early continence

Wednesday, 22 April 2009- Hypothermic nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy is a safe and feasible procedure that results in an earlier return to continence, according to a report published in the April issue of Urology.

The...

Edited by: ES

Nerve shock implant device may help bladder control

Thursday, 16 April 2009- For people with urinary incontinence who have run out of options, an electrical device might help, according to a new Cochrane Library review.

The battery-operated implant works with two small electrodes...

Edited by: ES

Botulinum toxin shows a notable capacity to reduce the prostate volume

Thursday, 9 April 2009 - Botulinum neurotoxin subtype A (BoNT-A) is the most powerful biological toxin known to man. Prof. Francisco Cruz, et al. reported on the notable capacity of BoNT-A to reduce the prostate volume. Such...

Edited by: FGR

Correlation between OAB-Wet and serum adiponectin level, serum marker of metabolic syndrome

Monday, 6 April 2009- Obesity has increased dramatically, bringing major adverse consequences for human health. In particular, it is commonly accepted that metabolic syndrome results from obesity and obesity-linked insulin...

Edited by: JV

Cytokines in urine indicates urethral origin of urgency in OAB

Friday, 3 April 2009- The clinical observation of coexistence of urethral tenderness in the Overactive Bladder syndrome (OAB) raised interest for the hypothesis that urethra plays a role in OAB. Researchers in Sweden examined...

Edited by: JV

M2-receptor expression and lower urinary tract function

Wednesday, 1 April 2009- In vitro studies with bladder strips from several mammalian species including humans and in vivo studies with knock-out mice indicate that physiological bladder contraction is predominantly if not...

Edited by: JV

Collagen Injections can help some incontinence patients when surgery fails

Wednesday, 25 March 2009- Collagen injections can benefit women who still suffer from stress urinary incontinence (SUI) even after urethral or periurethral surgery, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has...

Edited by: ES

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