News tagged with bladder
Surgeons perform world's first pediatric robotic bladder reconstruction
Nov 20, 2008 |
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A 10-year-old Chicago girl born with an abnormally small bladder that made her incontinent has become the first patient to benefit from a new robotic-assisted bladder-reconstruction method developed by surgeons ...
International drug study shows rapid improvement in overactive bladder symptoms
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Patients with overactive bladders who took part in a multi-centre study to measure the effectiveness of solifenacin noticed improvements in as little as three days, according to research published in the November issue of ...
The pepperoni pizza hypothesis
Oct 08, 2008 |
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What's the worst that could happen after eating a slice of pepperoni pizza? A little heartburn, for most people.
Researchers study acoustic communication in deep-sea fish
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Sep 24, 2008 |
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An international research team studying sound production in deep-sea fishes has found that cusk-eels use several sets of muscles to produce sound that plays a prominent role in male mating calls.
Bladder cancer detected via amplified gene in cells found in urine
Sep 23, 2008 |
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Counting the copies of a specific gene in cells gathered from a urine sample may provide a simple, noninvasive way to detect bladder cancer, a team led by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ...
The pepperoni pizza hypothesis
Sep 11, 2008 |
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What's the worst that could happen after eating a slice of pepperoni pizza? A little heartburn, for most people.
Robotic surgery extends benefits to bladder cancer patients at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Jul 30, 2008 |
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Robotic surgery, largely pioneered for prostate cancer surgery, is rapidly being adapted for use in other areas, including for bladder cancer patients. Urologic surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical ...
Findings on bladder-brain link may point to better treatments for problems in sleep, attention
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Bladder problems may leave a mark on the brain, by changing patterns of brain activity, possibly contributing to disrupted sleep and problems with attention. For one in six Americans who have overactive bladder, the involuntary ...
Patients unaware of link between smoking and bladder cancer
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Even though cigarette smoking accounts for up to half of all bladder cancer cases, few people are aware of the connection – including more than three-quarters of patients who have bladder cancer, according to a new study ...
Pregnancy may help protect against bladder cancer
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Pregnancy seems to confer some protection against bladder cancer in mice, scientists have found. Female mice that had never become pregnant had approximately 15 times as much cancer in their bladders as their counterparts ...
