Among the many challenges to independence and quality of life after spinal cord injury, two complications have emerged as top priorities for researchers—neurogenic bowel and neurogenic bladder. With funding from the Craig ...
Mar 12, 2020
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Keck Medicine of USC urologists are launching a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation in patients with an overactive bladder due to neurological conditions, such as a spinal cord injury or ...
Mar 10, 2020
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The human immune system can recognize and eliminate not only germs but also cancer cells. This is why treatments with weakened germs can help the immune system in its fight against cancer. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute ...
Feb 20, 2020
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Millions of people might eventually be spared the embarrassment and extreme isolation caused by wetting themselves, thanks to new research.
Feb 20, 2020
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Research on UTI pain: Flinders researchers identify link between UTI and bladder pain, caused by the immune system's fight against the infection.
Jan 29, 2020
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Most of us don't give much thought to going to the toilet. We go when we need to go.
Jan 22, 2020
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Each year, more than 6,500 cases of bladder cancer—nearly 5 percent of all cases in Europe— can be attributed to exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking water. This is one of the conclusions of a large-scale study ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Among men with overactive bladder, combined behavioral and drug therapy is superior to drug therapy alone, but not behavioral therapy alone, for symptomatic improvement, according to a study published online Jan. 13 in JAMA ...
Jan 14, 2020
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More targeted forms of radiotherapy can effectively treat bladder cancer which has spread to the lymph nodes of the pelvis, according to a new clinical trial.
Jan 13, 2020
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Exposure to asbestos is the major risk factor for malignant mesothelioma, a type of aggressive cancer that mostly affects the pleura—the tissue that lines the lungs—and the peritoneum—the tissue that lines the abdomen. ...
Jan 8, 2020
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