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    DVD review: Pelvic exercises for women  Feb 10, 2008
    Reduce urinary incontinence. Improve your sex life by providing stronger orgasms, and. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Tip of technology: Urologist has helped hospitals improve services  Jan 28, 2008
    For the treatment of urinary incontinence in men, Nazaroff chalked up another first by recently performing the first Advanta male sling surgery in the county, which was also one of the first such procedures in the state ... A medical team specializing in the treatment of urinary incontinence in both men and women, offering the latest technology. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)

    Regulator orders drug companies to study suicide risk during trials  Jan 25, 2008
    For the first time, the agency is asking makers of drugs dealing with obesity, urinary incontinence, epilepsy, smoking cessation, depression and many other conditions to put comprehensive suicide assessments into their clinical trials. In recent months, the agency has sent letters - it would not say how many - to drug makers requiring that they use such a scale. (International Herald Tribune)

    U.S. requiring suicide studies in drug trials  Jan 24, 2008
    Makers of drugs to treat obesity, urinary incontinence, epilepsy, smoking cessation, depression and many other conditions are being asked for the first time by the drug agency to put a comprehensive suicide assessment into their clinical trials. In recent months, the agency has sent letters it would not say how many to drug makers requiring that they use such a scale. (International Herald Tribune)

    Understanding Vascular Dementia  Jan 18, 2008
    Other features include urinary incontinence, difficulty in walking, tremor similar to that seen in Parkinson's disease, and depression. These symptoms are not always present, and may sometimes appear only as a passing phase. (Suite101.com)

    Despite doubts, cancer therapy draws patients  Jan 18, 2008
    Crissman said he had considered surgery and radiation, but worried about the common side effects of both sexual impotence and urinary incontinence. "I didn't want to have the problem of potentially leaking, and I didn't want to have the problem of erectile dysfunction," said Crissman. (International Herald Tribune)

    Caesareans unlikely to spare mothers grief of incontinence  Jan 15, 2008
    "Most women who give birth vaginally do not develop urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence and prolapse," said Jenny King, a urogynaecologist at Westmead Hospital ... "I see women with urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence, prolapse of uterus - they are mostly quite straightforward and can be fixed with surgery and exercise. "There are other types of urinary incontinence that are not related to vaginal delivery and are very difficult to manage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    IM NOT A KNICKS FAN, BUT I PLAY ONE ON TV.  Jan 10, 2008
    I did commercials for urinary incontinence, you know. But the folks at Impossible Casting disagree with Berkowitz s description of himself. (New York Press)

    Answers prove elusive as C-section rate rises  Jan 8, 2008
    They say they would need to enroll 10,000 women and, because C-sections can affect subsequent pregnancies, would have to follow them for at least five years although, D'Alton says, a much longer study would be needed to answer such questions as to whether a planned C-section protects against urinary incontinence and other problems not usually seen until middle age. The cost: an estimated $75 million. (USA Today -- News)

    Congestive heart failure leads to greater disability, nursing home admissions  Jan 8, 2008
    Geriatric conditions, clinical conditions which are highly prevalent in older adults such as urinary incontinence, dementia and injury due to falling were more common in people with CHF. In the CHF group, 36 percent had experienced urinary incontinence, compared with 23 percent and 19 percent in the other groups. An estimated 5. (EurekAlert!)

    Molecular Signal That Helps Muscle Regenerate Discovered  Dec 20, 2007
    14, 2007) Severe urinary incontinence can be caused by urethral sphincter muscle deficiency, often associated with trauma during childbirth, prostate surgery, or aging. When skeletal myoblasts -- progenitor. (Science Daily)

    NIH Panel Seeks To Dispel Stigma Associated With Fecal And Urinary Incontinence  Dec 18, 2007
    17, 2007) An independent panel convened this week by the NIH found that fewer than half of individuals experiencing fecal or urinary incontinence the inability to control bowel movements or urination, respectively report their symptoms to healthcare providers without being prompted ... Though fecal and urinary incontinence can affect men and women at all life stages, both conditions disproportionately affect women, especially those who have given birth, as pelvic muscle injury during childbirth... (Science Daily)

    Radiesse Provides Greater Patient Satisfaction Than Either Juvederm or Perlane as Reported in a 205-Patient Clinical Trial Published in the Journal of Dermatologic Surgery  Dec 13, 2007
    BioForm Medical's products include Radiesse(R) filler for use in facial aesthetics and vocal fold insufficiency, and Coaptite(R) injectable implant for treating female stress urinary incontinence which is marketed through a partnership with Boston Scientific Corporation. BioForm Medical has licensed U.S. marketing rights to Aethoxysklerol(R) sclerotherapy agent, which is the leading worldwide sclerotherapy agent and is currently being evaluated in a Phase III clinical trial. (PR Newswire)

    Panel urges end to incontinence stigma  Dec 13, 2007
    Urinary incontinence is the more common type; previous estimates have put the number of people with this condition at around 13 million. Actually, more than 20 million women and 6 million men have experienced urinary incontinence at some point, the NIH panel concluded. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)

    PregLem SA Announces CHF 36 Million Series B Funding and New Licencing Agreement With HRA Pharma  Dec 4, 2007
    2 million have symptoms which could require treatment ranging from heavy bleeding, and pain to urinary incontinence and infertility ... HRA is also developing cell-based medicines for the treatment of anal and urinary incontinence and ocular myopathy through its subsidiary Celogos, a biotech company also based in France. (BusinessWire)

    For women only  Nov 13, 2007
    Urinary incontinence, a common problem that afflicts upward of 15 million Americans ... Urinary incontinence, for example, is common and not to be taken lightly, Wells said. (Durango Herald)

    Cell transplants may improve severe urinary incontinence  Nov 13, 2007
    (November 8, 2007) Estimates are that up to 70 million people worldwide may be suffering from severe urinary incontinence. A major cause of urinary incontinence is a deficiency of the urethral sphincter muscle, often associated with trauma during child birth, resulting from prostate surgery, or due to aging. (EurekAlert!)

    Family counseling improves lives of patients and spouses coping with prostate cancer  Nov 12, 2007
    While treatment advances have reduced mortality rates since the early 1990s, the treatments themselves are often associated with serious permanent side effects, such as urinary incontinence or sexual dysfunction. These side effects have been shown to impact both the patient and his spouse, who is most often solely relied upon to provide support and home care. (EurekAlert!)

    Marshfield Clinic expands health care services in Rhinelander  Nov 11, 2007
    He has a special interest in pelvic reconstructive surgery and female urinary incontinence. He is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American Medical Association, the Central Association of Obstetrics and Gynecologist and the Wisconsin Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (Forest Republican, WI)

    MediciNova Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results  Nov 9, 2007
    MediciNova's pipeline includes six clinical-stage compounds for the treatment of status asthmaticus, multiple sclerosis, asthma, interstitial cystitis, solid tumor cancers, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, preterm labor and urinary incontinence and two preclinical-stage compounds for the treatment of thrombotic disorders. MediciNova's current strategy is to focus it resources on the development and commercialization of two prioritized assets in its development pipeline: MN-221 for the treatment of... (Primezone Releases)

    Prostate screening not worth it  Nov 5, 2007
    If 10,000 of these men underwent surgery, about 10 would die of the operation, 300 will develop severe urinary incontinence and even in the best hands 4000 will become impotent. " It is important that men talk to their doctor about prostate screening, asking specifically for accurate information about downsides. If your doctor is a man, ask whether he has had the test, and how he weighed up the pros and cons. The former head of Cancer Council Australia, Professor Alan Coates, declared in 2003... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Urinary Incontinence Can Be Cured  Nov 4, 2007
    Stress Urinary Incontinence can affect women at any time of life and in any situation ... Urinary problems such as leaking when sneezing, coughing, laughing, standing up from a seated position, lifting, pushing or exercising are called Stress Urinary Incontinence ... Main Causes of Stress Urinary Incontinence. (Suite101.com)

    Removal Of Uterus Increases Risk Of Urinary Incontinence  Oct 31, 2007
    30, 2007) Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown that hysterectomy - a common operation involving the removal of the uterus - greatly increases the risk of urinary incontinence ... However, the long-term effects are largely unknown, and it has long been suspected that the operation increases the risk of developing urinary incontinence, in many respects a very disabling condition that affects hundreds of thousands of women in Sweden ... Researchers at... (Science Daily)

    Hysterectomy May Boost Incontinence Risk  Oct 27, 2007
    THURSDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Women who undergo hysterectomies for benign conditions more than double their risk of needing subsequent surgery for stress urinary incontinence, a new study finds ... Female stress urinary incontinence is defined as involuntary leakage of urine upon effort or exertion ... The risk of having to undergo surgery for stress urinary incontinence was 2. (MEDLINEplus)

    Women with removed uterus at two-fold urinary incontinence risk  Oct 27, 2007
    London, Oct 27 : Researchers have found that that hysterectomy, a common operation involving the removal of the uterus, increases the risk of urinary incontinence ... The study conducted at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institute has revealed that women who have had a hysterectomy were more than twice as likely to undergo surgery for urinary incontinence, i.e. unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or faeces, as women with intact uteri, reports The Lancet. (TopNews)

    Hysterectomy Raises Incontinence Surgery  Oct 26, 2007
    Women who have undergone hysterectomy, or removal of the womb, are at higher risk of urinary incontinence that needs to be corrected by surgery later on, a 30-year Swedish study has found ... They found the risk of undergoing stress urinary incontinence surgery (SUIS) was 2. (Newsmax)

    MediciNova Reports Phase IIa Clinical Study Results for MN-305, a Treatment for Insomnia  Oct 19, 2007
    MediciNova's pipeline, which includes six compounds in clinical testing, targets a variety of prevalent medical conditions, including asthma, multiple sclerosis, status asthmaticus, interstitial cystitis, cancer, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, preterm labor, urinary incontinence and thrombotic disorders. MediciNova's strategy is to commercialize selected product candidates in the United States and to monetize other programs at key value inflection points. (Primezone Releases)

    Do you have an overactive bladder?  Oct 17, 2007
    Then there is stress urinary incontinence often brought on by pregnancy, sneezing or coughing. Sometimes there is a combination of both. (iAfrica.com)

    Meds: More Prostate Patients Living  Oct 11, 2007
    " It has frequent adverse effects like impotence and urinary incontinence," Rapiti says. "For sexually inactive, older patients these repercussions may have lesser impact than in young, sexually active patients. Our study adds information on long-term survival but, unfortunately, not on quality of life.". (Time.com)

    Prostate Cancer Hard on Wives As Well  Oct 2, 2007
    When the husband was newly diagnosed, physical symptoms like urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction seemed to have the largest effect on the couple's quality of life. When the husband had been treated and was showing early signs of possible recurrence, anxiety and worsening emotional well-being tended to be the greatest problems. (MEDLINEplus)

    Nursing home gets a deadline  Oct 2, 2007
    Among the criticisms in the document, the department outlined several areas of concern, including assessment of residents' quality of care, accidents and supervision, and urinary incontinence ... Pertaining to urinary incontinence, state officials identified a resident who was not taken to the bathroom every hour as ordered by a doctor. (Scranton Times, PA)

    Radiation Therapy Technique Reduces Length Of Prostate Cancer Treatment  Sep 25, 2007
    "There are a number of good treatments for prostate cancer, but they all have some drawbacks -- they're inconvenient; they're invasive; or they cause impotence, rectal injury or urinary incontinence," said Dr. Timmerman. The three standard treatment options for early stage prostate cancer are. (Science Daily)

    KAH Health Symposium to feature Juli Burney  Sep 18, 2007
    General sessions will be at 10 a.m. and at 1:45 p.m. Topics will include: abdominal fat, KAH Home Health Care, urinary incontinence and advance directives. Attendees will have a chance to visit numerous display booths throughout the day that include Keokuk Area Medical Equipment, KAH Inpatient Rehabilitation, KAH Radiology, Lifeline, AirEvac, KAH Home Health Care, Tri-State Medical Group, Women's Health Center, Mary Kay, Voices of Iowa, KAH Foundation, KAH Auxiliary, KAH Cardiopulmonary and the... (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)

    Help for docs, older patients  Sep 17, 2007
    Common geriatric problems a patient might not raise in an office visit are falls, urinary incontinence, sexual activity or the burden of care they might be providing for someone else, Wohlgemuth said. ELIZABETH COONEY. (Boston Globe)

    ASK DR. MICHEAL FOXX  Sep 9, 2007
    Urinary incontinence is very common in female dogs after they've been spayed, but a urine sample should be tested for cystitis and bladder stones, which can also cause incontinence. Send questions to Dr. Michael Fox, care of United Features Syndicate, 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    New male sling procedure helps prostate cancer survivors who suffer from urinary incontinence  Aug 29, 2007
    The procedure is best suited for mild to moderate urinary incontinence, usually defined as patients who wear one to four pads per day to absorb any leakage. I believe there are many men who have a nuisance level of urinary incontinence after prostate cancer treatment which is bothersome during strenuous activities, Dr. Morey said. (EurekAlert!)

    Duloxetine calms overactive bladder in women  Aug 18, 2007
    Women taking duloxetine showed significant decreases in number of urinary incontinence episodes per 24 hours, increases in average daytime voiding interval, and decreases in urinary incontinence episodes overall, compared to women taking placebo. ADVERTISEMENT (article continues below) Voiding frequency improved progressively over the 12 weeks of the study, they found, whereas reductions in urinary incontinence episodes were relatively constant beyond 4 weeks of treatment ... Bump noted in... (Scientific American)

    Thomson Scientific Publishes The Ones to Watch - A Quarterly Review of Phase Changes in the Pharmaceutical Pipeline  Aug 15, 2007
    Urinary incontinence is particularly prevalent in men and usually associated with aging. Where the problem is an overactive bladder, patients may benefit from the M1 and M3 muscarinic receptor imidafenacin, developed by Kyorin Pharmaceutical, Ono Pharmaceutical and LG Life Sciences. (PR Newswire)

    Excess Pounds Worsen Women's Bladder Control  Aug 10, 2007
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The more weight a woman puts on after her teen years, the more likely she is to develop urinary incontinence in her late 30s to early 50s, a new study shows. "Urinary incontinence is a common condition, even in these middle-aged women," Dr. Mary K. Townsend of the Channing Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, the study's lead author, told Reuters Health ... Most studies of urinary incontinence have been limited to older women, Townsend noted in an... (MEDLINEplus)

    Ultrasound Treats Prostate Cancer  Aug 9, 2007
    Sylvia HubbardWednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, or HIFU, uses heat to destroy cancerous tissue and is a new option for treating prostate cancer. (Newsmax)

    Achievements for Aug. 5, 2007  Aug 7, 2007
    His special interests include urogynecology, urinary incontinence, minimally invasive pelvic surgery and advanced laparoscopy. For an appointment with Dr. Anil, please call the Women's Health Department at the Onalaska Clinic at 608-392-5003. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Exercises Reduce Urine Leak After Prostate Surgery  Aug 2, 2007
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with urinary incontinence after prostate surgery may benefit from exercises designed to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, a group of muscles that surround the urethra and rectum, according to a report in BJU International. "Pelvic floor muscle training with or without biofeedback is useful and should be recommended to improve urinary incontinence after (prostate removal)," Dr. Timothy J. Wilt from the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Center for Chronic Disease... (MEDLINEplus)

    Large Untreated Population, Increasing Awareness and, Availability of Improved Products Boost European Urinary Incontinence Therapeutics Market  Jul 24, 2007
    LONDON, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The social stigma attached to urinary incontinence coupled with the side effects of some existing treatments are restraining market expansion ... Increasing awareness levels and priority given to urinary incontinence by both patients and medical professionals, will be key to widening the patient pool and boosting uptake levels ... New analysis from Frost van () European Urinary Incontinence Therapeutics Market, finds that the market was valued at $393. (PR Newswire)

    Increasing Awareness and Improved Drug Options Hold Key to Future of European Endometriosis Therapeutics Market  Jul 18, 2007
    European Endometriosis Therapeutics Market is part of the Pharmaceutical chnology Growth Partnership Service, which also includes research in the following markets: European Urinary Incontinence Therapeutics Market, European Blockbusters coming off patent - Opportunities for Generics, and European Osteoarthritis Therapeutics Market. All research included in subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends that have been evaluated following extensive interviews with market... (PR Newswire)

    Gonna fight 'the big C'  Jul 17, 2007
    The most advanced type of prostate surgery, called robotic surgery, minimizes the risk of nerve damage and, thus, enhances the chance of avoiding urinary incontinence and other male-ego dysfunction when the cancerous prostate is removed. Unfortunately, the robotic surgery is not currently available at the Jackson VA, but the VA personnel are helping me apply for treatment at the famed M.D. Anderson Medical Center in Houston, Texas. (Grenada Daily Star, MS)

    Q-Med Announces Results of North American Clinical Study of ZUIDEX  Jul 12, 2007
    Q-Med (STO:QMED) today announced the top-line result from the North American pivotal study investigating the safety and efficacy of ZUIDEX in treating stress urinary incontinence in women (SUI) ... The product portfolio today contains: RESTYLANE for the filling out of lips and facial wrinkles and for facial contouring, DUROLANE, for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee joints, DEFLUX for the treatment of vesicoureteral reflux, VUR, (a malformation of the urinary bladder) in... (BusinessWire)

    Injecting Autologous Cells Could Relieve Urinary Incontinence  Jul 10, 2007
    Transurethral injections of autologous myoblasts and fibroblasts could relieve stress urinary incontinence in women, conclude authors of an Article published in The Lancet ... Dr Hannes Strasser, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria, and colleagues studied 63 women with stress urinary incontinence, of which 42 were given myoblast/fibroblast injections and 21 were given conventional endoscopic injections of collagen ... The authors say their data accord with other results that suggest success... (Science Daily)

    MediciNova Announces New Strategic Initiative  Jun 26, 2007
    MediciNova's pipeline, which includes six compounds in clinical testing, targets a variety of prevalent medical conditions, including asthma, multiple sclerosis, status asthmaticus, interstitial cystitis, cancer, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, insomnia, preterm labor, urinary incontinence and thrombotic disorders. MediciNova's strategy is to commercialize selected product candidates in the United States and to monetize other programs at key value inflection points. (Primezone Releases)

    Baby Boom Women Confronting Pelvic Health Conditions  Jun 22, 2007
    Baby Boomer women, born between 1946 and 1964, are now in the age group where other pelvic disorders, such as stress urinary incontinence and pelvic prolapse, are common. Both stress urinary incontinence and pelvic prolapse, when the pelvic organs shift downward, may be significantly under-diagnosed in American women ... Cahill said the report found that many women don't report the symptoms of fibroids, heavy bleeding, stress urinary incontinence or pelvic prolapse out of embarrassment or the... (MEDLINEplus)

    Dr. Marc C. Gittelman  Jun 19, 2007
    His expertise is in the fields of erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, urinary incontinence and women's sexual health. There are no questions posted in this forum. (Miami.com, FL -- Health)

    FIP, Feline Infectious Peritonitis  Jun 9, 2007
    urinary incontinence. Symptoms of Effusive (wet) FIP. (Suite101.com)

    Uroplasty, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2007 Financial Results  Jun 7, 2007
    David B. Kaysen, Uroplasty's President and CEO said, "We are extremely pleased with our record sales performance in fiscal 2007, which reflects solid performance across our geographical areas. In the U.S., we introduced the second generation of our Urgent(R) PC neuromodulation system in late second quarter of fiscal 2007. We put in place a fully-trained sales organization in early third quarter of fiscal 2007, resulting in continued sequential quarterly sales growth." Kaysen added, "We launched... (PR Newswire)

    Prostate cancer treatment differs by doctor  Jun 5, 2007
    Prostate surgery can cause urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction; radiation therapy can cause diarrhea and erectile dysfunction; and hormone therapy can cause hot flashes and breast tenderness. "You want your physician to convey this information without a bias," Dr. Thomas Jang, a urologist from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, said at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists. (CNN -- Health)

    Treatment for early prostate cancer associated with type of specialist seen  Jun 4, 2007
    The most common are urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction for prostatectomy; diarrhea and erectile dysfunction for radiation therapy; loss of libido, hot flashes and breast tenderness for hormone therapy. There are no physical side effects associated with watchful waiting. (EurekAlert!)

    Rotary Club's donation of VibraFlex to Fitness Center is much appreciated by users  May 31, 2007
    She cites cases of residents feeling relief from physical issues ranging from urinary incontinence to multiple sclerosis ... Five residents said that using the machine had helped them with the problem of urinary incontinence, Henzel said. (Walnut Creek Rossmoor News, CA)

    New Prostate Surgery Technique Speeds Recovery  May 29, 2007
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Urinary incontinence is very common after surgery for prostate cancer, but a modification of the procedure can hasten the recovery of bladder control, a new study shows. Dr. Ashutosh K. Tewari and colleagues from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York explain that the ligaments, tendons and muscles in the pubic region are important for urinary continence. (MEDLINEplus)

    Living With Cancer: Keeping Pain And Fatigue Under Control  May 24, 2007
    Physical symptoms commonly include fatigue, post-surgery pain, hormone-related symptoms in-cluding hot flashes, sweats, palpitations, urinary incontinence and cognitive and mood changes. Psychological effects such as anxiety and depression are also common. (Science Daily)

    Sciele Pharma buys stake in Plethora  May 24, 2007
    Sciele also will buy a $7 million equity stake in U.K.-based Plethora, which has products in clinical development for the treatment of premature ejaculation, overactive bladder, stress urinary incontinence, interstitial cystitis and gynecological pain. Plethora will get payments after meeting regulatory and sales milestones, and royalty payments on product sales. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)

    Female Urinary Incontinence Surgeries Go Head-to-Head  May 23, 2007
    MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- The results of a new head-to-head trial could help women with stress urinary incontinence decide between two surgeries -- called the Burch and the sling -- that are commonly used to correct the condition. According to the study, "The sling was more effective in resolving urinary incontinence symptoms than the Burch, and it also showed significantly higher satisfaction rates," said study co-author Dr. Michael E. Albo, an associate professor of surgery at the... (MEDLINEplus)

    Sling Surgery Is More Effective Than Burch For Bladder Control In Women  May 23, 2007
    In the largest and most rigorous U.S. trial comparing two traditional operations for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women, a team of urologists and urogynecologists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found that a sling procedure helps more women achieve dryness than the Burch technique ... Complete information on measures used to assess urinary incontinence was available for 520 participants (79 percent) 24 months after surgery ... Stress urinary incontinence, in... (Science Daily)

    Minimally invasive device shows promise in treating female urinary incontinence  May 23, 2007
    A minimally invasive device for treating recurrent stress urinary incontinence in women has been shown to be safe and effective in early clinical trials and is now under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), says Emory University School of Medicine urologist and trial co-principal investigator Niall Galloway, MD. ... It tested the device in 160 women diagnosed with stress urinary incontinence who failed to respond to previous treatments ... A similar device called ProACT is... (EurekAlert!)

    Health: Study compares incontinence treatments  May 22, 2007
    New study looks at cure rates and risks of urinary incontinence treatments ... For millions of women, advancing age comes with embarrassing urinary incontinence that's often provoked by a mere cough, sneeze or laugh ... Now, a San Diego-led team of researchers has found that the fascial sling, one of two gold standard surgeries for women suffering urinary incontinence, provided a full cure for 25 percent more patients than the other technique, the Burch colposuspension. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Muscle Stem Cells Effectively Treat Urinary Incontinence Long Term  May 22, 2007
    Women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) treated using muscle-derived stem cell injections to strengthen their sphincter muscles experience long-term improvements in their condition, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto ... "This clinical trial is extremely encouraging, given that 13 million people in the United States, most of them women, cope with stress urinary incontinence," said... (Science Daily)

    Stem cells used to treat incontinence  May 22, 2007
    By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY Doctors on Monday described a new way to treat urinary incontinence, an increasingly common problem that afflicts up to half of older women. Instead of traditional surgery, scientists are exploring tissue engineering using patients' own stem cells to grow cells or tissue that is transplanted back into their bodies. (USA Today)

    Bladder control surgery may be less effective  May 22, 2007
    Previous studies of two types of urinary incontinence surgery reported cure rates of 70% to 85%, even five to eight years after the operation. This article, however, finds the procedures relieved incontinence in only half that many women. (USA Today)

    Clinical Trials Update: May 18, 2007  May 19, 2007
    Urinary Incontinence. Hepatitis C; Chronic. (Health-Finder)

    Quick, Innovative Procedure Helps Men Minimize Incontinence After Prostatectomy  May 13, 2007
    Thousands of men facing surgical removal of the prostate due to cancer may someday have one less thing to worry about: post-surgical urinary incontinence ... "This is a real breakthrough in prostate cancer care, as a significant number of patients have post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence," adds senior researcher Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan, attending urologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell and The James J. Colt Professor of Urology at Weill Cornell Medical College ... "We're confident... (Science Daily)

    MediciNova Announces First Quarter 2007 Financial Results  May 11, 2007
    MediciNova's pipeline, which includes six compounds in clinical testing, targets a variety of prevalent medical conditions, including multiple sclerosis, status asthmaticus, asthma, insomnia, cancer, preterm labor, urinary incontinence and thrombotic disorders. For more information on MediciNova, Inc., please visit. (Primezone Releases)

    See both sides of spay and neuter bill  May 1, 2007
    Geneva Coats wrote on April 30, 2007 1:36 PM:"Your article is very superficial and does not consider the real effects of CA AB 1634. This bill is UNNECESSARY. Shelter intake and euthanasia numbers have been dropping steadily for decades. This is due to the great success of public education programs, breed rescue efforts, and low cost spay-neuter clinics. We support education, not legislation. Most dogs are taken to shelter or rescue due to personal issues such as moving, family crisis, financial... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    Breast Cancer Linked To HRT Use  Apr 19, 2007
    " "Still, we don't know all the causes of breast cancer, and breast cancer rates had been increasing for two decades up to 2002. Finding the simple ways, such as limiting HRT use to decrease breast cancer risk, is a step forward," he added. Exactly how stopping HRT affects breast cancer is not well understood. It depends on which treatment is followed and how the patient responds to the drugs. The NCI suggest that the nationwide reduction in breast cancer due to reduced use of HRT may have run... (Medical News Today)

    Fecal Incontinence in Adults  Apr 19, 2007
    She has occasional urinary incontinence when she coughs or sneezes. There is no history of gastrointestinal or rectal surgery and no neurologic symptoms. (New England Journal of Medicine)

    Two Delco businesswomen honored  Apr 16, 2007
    The company is also studying new treatment options for urinary incontinence in women. Tringali DiPiano said in a company press release that more than two decades of experience as a pharmaceutical executive encouraged her to pioneer her own path in the health care industry. (The Delaware County Times, PA)

    A Rough Day for American Medical  Apr 12, 2007
    And about 800,000 men suffer from severe urinary incontinence, resulting most often from damage done during prostate surgery. But American Medical Systems says doctors have been waiting to see the preliminary clinical data on AdVance, its new treatment for male incontinence; the delay has hurt recent business. (BusinessWeek)

    Renovis, Pfizer extend agreement  Apr 11, 2007
    Inhibitors of VR1 are predicted to be useful in the treatment of pain, urinary incontinence and other diseases and disorders, Renovis said. Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) will continue to fund all aspects of the collaboration including the research and preclinical development efforts at Renovis through June 30, 2008. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)

    Prostate Cancer Treatment Side Effects Differ  Apr 3, 2007
    Impotence and urinary incontinence were more likely with surgery, whereas urinary frequency, urgency, and pain were more common with seed therapy. As noted, the costs of each treatment were comparable at 24 months -- 8019 euros (US $10,669) for seed therapy and 8715 euros (US $11,596) for surgery. (MEDLINEplus)

    Sex issuescommon after giving birth  Mar 29, 2007
    A year after giving birth, many women are plagued by urinary incontinence, pain during sex and other problems, UK researchers report ... Urinary incontinence was the most common problem reported, with roughly 54 percent reporting stress incontinence (the inability to hold urine when sneezing, lifting or experiencing some other type of stress); 37 percent having urge incontinence, meaning they had difficulty holding urine when experiencing the urge to urinate; and 33 percent reporting that they... (MSNBC -- Health)

    Incontinence, painful sex common after giving birth  Mar 29, 2007
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A year after giving birth, many women are plagued by urinary incontinence, pain during sex, and other problems, UK researchers report. Eighty-seven percent of mothers who responded to a survey complained of at l" > Go to a Section: 3:18AM EDT, Thu 29 Mar 2007 You are here: > > > Article Incontinence, painful sex common after giving birth Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:04PM EDT | | [] [] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A year after giving birth, many women are plagued by urinary... (Reuters)

    Resources include Internet, books  Mar 28, 2007
    Also from the NIH comes a 2004 publication with details about urinary incontinence in men, including diagnosis, treatment and research. The National Institute on Aging offers this page on urinary incontinence for people 65 and older ... Mayo Clinic's section on urinary incontinence covers a range of topics, including symptoms, causes, risk factors, when to seek medical advice, treatment and prevention. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Not youronly option  Mar 28, 2007
    For those who suffer from stress urinary incontinence, even a hardy chuckle is no laughing matter when it means you may involuntarily wet your pants ... For other women who suffer from a different kind of urinary incontinence called urge incontinence or overactive bladder, the need to always be near a bathroom consumes their lives ... And, if you think urinary incontinence is only a problem for great-grandma, think again. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Business briefs  Mar 25, 2007
    He also has a special interest in treatment of infertility and urinary incontinence. The medical facility is located at 1120 Medical Plaza Drive, Suite 200 in South Montgomery County. (Conroe Courier, TX)

    Women Report Sexual Problems A Full Year After Giving Birth; Health Problems Vary By Race  Mar 23, 2007
    The three most common problems reported were sex-related health issues (55 per cent) followed by stress urinary incontinence (54 per cent) and urge urinary incontinence (37 per cent) ... Perineal pain was more than two times higher (62 per cent versus 28 per cent) and they experienced much higher levels of continual urinary incontinence (35 per cent versus 20 per cent). (Science Daily)

    American Medical Systems markets product for urinary incontinence  Mar 23, 2007
    said Thursday that received FDA clearance to market its MiniArc Single Incision Sling System to treat female stress urinary incontinence. In a press release, Minnetonka-based AMS (Nasdaq: AMMD) said the system involves a minimally invasive single incision procedure, which enhances patient recovery. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)

    Postnatal sex pain 'may persist'  Mar 21, 2007
    MOST COMMON PROBLEMS Sex-related health issues: 55% Stress urinary incontinence: 54% Urge urinary incontinence: 37 ... They were also more likely to report continual urinary incontinence. (BBC News -- Health)

    Physical therapist helps pave way toward rehabilitation  Mar 19, 2007
    Vestibular (inner ear functions and balance), McKenzie (treatment of the spine), hand, women s heath therapists (urinary incontinence, osteoporosis, or issues related to pregnancy and post partum), and sports therapists who specialize in golf or running work to address all the complex needs of the body. Wound care management, treating bed sores, and post diabetic ulcers also fall within the scope of work. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    MediciNova to Present At the Lehman Brothers Tenth Annual Global Healthcare Conference  Mar 15, 2007
    MediciNova's pipeline, which includes six compounds in clinical development, targets a variety of prevalent medical conditions, including asthma, insomnia, multiple sclerosis, status asthmaticus, interstitial cystitis, solid tumors, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, preterm labor, and urinary incontinence. For more information on MediciNova, please visit. (Primezone Releases)

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