News tagged with bladder
Study shows mirabegron effective and well tolerated for overactive bladder
In a new phase III trial mirabegron, a β3-adrenoceptor agonist, given once daily for 12 weeks, reduced the frequency of incontinence episodes and number of daily urinations, and improved urgency and nocturia in adults with ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Multi-tasking imatinib boosts radiotherapy for bladder tumours
Cancer drug imatinib (Glivec) could boost radiotherapy treatment to destroy bladder cancer that has spread to the bladder wall, reveals research published in Cancer Research.
Cancer
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Bone marrow cells used in bladder regeneration
A new approach to bladder regeneration is capitalizing on the potential of two distinct cell populations harvested from a patient's healthy bone marrow, a new study reports.
Medical research
Feb 18, 2013 |
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New study of the molecular roots of recurrent bladder infections could lead to a vaccine
Urinary-tract infections are the second most common bacterial infection in humans, and many of them are recurrent. A study published by Cell Press on February 14th in the journal Immunity reveals the cellul ...
Medical research
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Got to go? Harvard scientists figure out how you know
If you have an overactive bladder or incontinence, help could be on the way. A new research report published online in the FASEB Journal, shows that the epithelium, a thin layer of cells which line the surface of the bladde ...
Medical research
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Research study: Whistle away the need for diapers
Western babies are potty trained later these days and need diapers until an average of three years of age. But even infants can be potty trained. A study by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, ...
Health
Jan 30, 2013 |
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First OTC drug approved for women with overactive bladder
(HealthDay)—The drug Oxytrol has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first over-the-counter treatment for women 18 and older with overactive bladder.
Medications
Jan 25, 2013 |
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Sacral nerve stimulator helps manage chronic incontinence in children
Incontinence is typically a condition associated with adults; however, many children also struggle with incontinence – bladder, bowel or both. In order to help these children, doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital have ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 24, 2013 |
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FDA gives nod to botox to treat overactive bladder
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday gave its approval for the use of Botox against a form of urinary incontinence known as overactive bladder.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 19, 2013 |
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New mechanism found on how a parasite leads to cancer
About 200 million people across 75 of the poorest countries in the world are now infected by the blood parasite Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium). The infection causes severe urogenital disease, but ...
Cancer
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Body's ibuprofen, SPARC, reduces inflammation and thus bladder cancer development and metastasis
Cancer researchers are increasingly aware that in addition to genetic mutations in a cancer itself, characteristics of the surrounding tissue can promote or suppress tumor growth. One of these important tissue characteristics ...
Cancer
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Team finds gene that promotes drug resistance in cancer
Scientists from the University of Iowa and Brigham Young University (BYU) have identified a gene that may be a target for overcoming drug resistance in cancer. The finding could not only improve prognostic and diagnostic ...
Cancer
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Smoking intensity and cancer markers predict seriousness of bladder cancer
it also affects its course, in that people who smoke more have greater likelihood of developing more aggressive and deadly disease. That is one of the conclusions of a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-r ...
Cancer
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Team finds mechanism of one of the most powerful tumor-suppressor proteins, Chd5
A team of cancer researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has solved the mystery of how one of the most powerful of the body's natural tumor-suppressing proteins, called Chd5, exerts its beneficial effects.
Cancer
Jan 10, 2013 |
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Study finds routine tests done on patients with microscopic blood in urine can be avoided
The presence of microscopic hematuria – blood found in urine that can't be seen by the naked eye – does not necessarily indicate the presence of cancer, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published ...
Cancer
Jan 09, 2013 |
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