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Urinary Implant Helps Alert When Patients 'Gotta Go'

TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 – It’s hard for some folks who suffer illness-related urinary incontinence to judge whether they’ll be able to hold it until they get home, or if they should rush to a bat...

Which Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence Is Best for You?

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 2024 – If you're female and you lose bladder control upon exertion – sneezing, coughing, laughing, lifting something heavy – you may have stress urinary incontinence. As many...

Treatment Adverse Events Vary With Favorable, Unfavorable Prognosis in Prostate Cancer

MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 – For patients with localized prostate cancer, the rates of adverse outcomes associated with specific treatments vary for favorable- and unfavorable-prognosis disease,...

Higher Rate of Bladder Neck Incompetence in Mixed Urinary Incontinence

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023 – Patients with mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) have a higher rate of bladder neck incompetence (BNI), according to a study published online Sept. 29 in the World Journal of...

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training No Better Than Bladder Training for Overactive Bladder

MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 – For women with overactive bladder symptoms, supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) does not provide additional improvement over bladder training, according to a study...

Lower UTI Dysfunction Often Not Thoroughly Evaluated in Neurogenic Bladder

FRIDAY, June 30, 2023 – For pediatric patients with neurogenic bladder (NGB), lower urinary tract dysfunction is often not thoroughly evaluated, according to a study recently published in the...

Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation Beneficial for Overactive Bladder

THURSDAY, June 29, 2023 – For women with overactive bladder (OAB), percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) is associated with improvement of symptoms, according to a study published online May...

Aquablation Procedure Safe for BPH, With Durable Efficacy

WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 – For men with large prostates, the Aquablation procedure is safe, with durable efficacy, according to a study published online April 28 in The Journal of Urology. Naeem...

Black Patients With Overactive Bladder Less Likely to Receive β3-Adrenoceptor Agonists

FRIDAY, May 26, 2023 – Black individuals are significantly less likely than non-Hispanic White individuals to fill a prescription for a β3-adrenoceptor agonist for overactive bladder (OAB), ...

What Is Pelvic Floor Therapy?

SUNDAY, May 21, 2023 – Men and women can experience a variety of issues related to problems in what’s called the pelvic floor, the network of muscles and ligaments around the pelvis. Fortunately, s...

How Do Symptoms of Cystitis, Overactive Bladder Differ?

MONDAY, May 8, 2023 – The characteristics of pain, pressure, discomfort, and urgency vary for patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and those with overactive bladder...

Vaginal Electrical Stimulation, TTNS Both Effective for Overactive Bladder

FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 – Short-term interventions of vaginal electrical stimulation (VS) and transcutaneous tibial nerve electrical stimulation (TTNS) are effective for treating overactive bladder...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Hyoscyamine sulfate 0.125mg by Virtus Pharmaceuticals: Recall - Superpotent and Subpotent Test Results

ISSUE: Virtus Pharmaceuticals Opco II, LLC (Virtus) is voluntarily recalling seven batches of Hyoscyamine sulfate (0.125mg) to the consumer level which include the tablet, sublingual, and orally...

FDA Approves Botox to Treat Specific Form of Urinary Incontinence

SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) injection to treat urinary incontinence in people with...

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