Beaumont Health System research finds that symptoms of overactive bladder, or OAB, were reduced in those who received tibial nerve stimulation. The three-year results published in the June issue of The Journal of Urology show participants with urinary frequency, urgency and involuntary loss of...
It is the 4th most common cancer in men[1] (and 11th in women), but bladder cancer remains an extremely low priority in the UK. Action on Bladder Cancer[2] (ABC) reports that almost half (45%) of the UK public do not know that even just one episode of blood in the urine, the most common warning...
Former Notre Dame coach and current ESPN analyst Digger Phelps is battling bladder cancer, the network announced Thursday.
Phelps has already had surgery and will begin follow up treatment next week with doctors near his home in South Bend, Ind. Phelps has worked as an analyst for the network...
As of last week, I was in class when I noticed a slight burning in my bladder and pressure. It got to the point where I had to be excused to use the bathroom, and when I tried to urinate, nothing came out. Along with this feeling of pressure I experienced a strange tingling sensation in my inner...
The combination of shortened telomeres, a biological marker of aging associated with cancer development, and elevated depression significantly impacted bladder cancer mortality, according to data presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention...
There's not a lot that's worse than a urinary tract infection (UTI). It's uncomfortable, annoying--and, even though most women know exactly what it is when it hits, still usually requires a visit to the doctor and some pee in a cup. Which is why so many women turn to one well-known remedy at the...
While it is well known that starfish, zebrafish and salamanders can re-grow damaged limbs, scientists understand very little about the regenerative capabilities of mammals. Now, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine report on the regenerative...
New research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has found that a popular class of diabetes drug increases people's risk of developing bladder cancer. According to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the drug that accounts...
According to a study published in the February 8 issue of JAMA, cefpodoxime, an antibiotic used as a short-term therapy in women with uncomplicated bladder infection (cystitis), failed to meet criteria for non-inferiority in comparison to ciprofloxacin. There have been concerns that...
Bladder cancer patients who have radical surgery at university hospitals can benefit from excellent local control of the disease, acceptable clinical outcomes and low death rates, according to research in the August issue of the urology journal BJUI. Researchers studied 2,287 patients who had...
im just wondering.. it's out of curiosity, i have a bladder infection from pregnancy.. something common i was told.
i know antibiotics are there to take to help it heal.
but im just wondering, can apple juice help with your healing at all somehow?
lol, i was told apple juice was good to drink...
ive noticed that once i started dipping and smoking and drinking lots of coffee that i cant pee in public restrooms when people are present i wanted to know if this could be a variable thnx.
When A Male or Female drinks a liquid, how does that travel around the body and how soon does it end up in the bladder?
Is it different for both males and females?
i went to a a urologist bout my frequent urination problems and none of the doctors care
when i tell them about my situation they say theres nothing wrong with me
i frequently urinate all the time usually every hour or 2
at my school the classes are 2 hours long and my professors never let me go...
In support of Bladder Health Awareness Month and the struggles 33 million Americans face year-round with bladder control issues, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) is extending its national women's health campaign, Facing Our Moments Together™. The campaign, conducted in partnership with leading...
myself. What can I do? I would like to know if there's anything I can do without going to the doctor about this. I'm a teenager so this is such an embarrassing problem, and it gets really hard to cover up at school and when I go out with my friends. I obviously don't want to change my friends...
I have a fan tailed fish approximately 10 months in age (well that's when we bought him/her) and now they appear to have a swim bladder problem. They were kept in a tank with another few fish and I noticed it (I call them an 'it' because I don't know their sex) was starting to swell in the...
I have a fan tailed fish approximately 10 months in age (well that's when we bought him/her) and now they appear to have a swim bladder problem. They were kept in a tank with another few fish and I noticed it (I call them an 'it' because I don't know their sex) was starting to swell in the...