News tagged with bladder
Tracing the traces: Nanogram concentrations of a toxic compound detected in chlorinated tap water
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking water can transmit a number of diseases, including typhoid, dysentery, cholera, and diarrhea, which can then spread explosively throughout an entire service area. To avoid this problem, drinking ...
Scientists discover bladder cancer stem cell
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at Stanford's School of Medicine have identified the first human bladder cancer stem cell and revealed how it works to escape the body's natural defenses.
Variation in prostate stem cell antigen gene raises bladder cancer risk
Aug 02, 2009 |
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Researchers have pinpointed a specific gene variation that causes increased risk of urinary bladder cancer, according to a scientific team led by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Napoleon died of kidney illness, says new book by Danish doctor
May 05, 2009 |
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A retired Danish doctor claimed Tuesday to have uncovered the true cause of Napoleon's death, saying the French emperor died of a lengthy kidney illness instead of the being poisoned by his enemies.
Meditate your way to better bladder health
May 04, 2009 |
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After nine years of suffering in silence and living in fear of leaving the house, Anna Raisor, 53, turned to physicians at Loyola University Health System (LUHS) for alternative measures to treat the embarrassing side effects ...
Listening to the song of the toadfish (w/Audio)
Mar 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor Roger Bland is listening in on one of the noisier creatures in San Francisco Bay, using physics to analyze the mating song of the toadfish. While fish don't have vocal chords, they ...
New discovery raises doubts about current bladder treatment
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have found that one of the genes commonly thought to promote the growth and spread of some types of cancers is in fact beneficial in bladder cancer - a major discovery ...
Frankincense oil -- a wise man's remedy for bladder cancer
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Originating from Africa, India, and the Middle East, frankincense oil has been found to have many medicinal benefits. Now, an enriched extract of the Somalian Frankincense herb Boswellia carteri has been shown to kill off ...
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.
New hope for sufferers of overactive bladder
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sufferers of overactive bladder have been given hope of a more effective treatment following a breakthrough by UNSW medical researchers.
TraDIS technique tackles typhoid
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers are able to look at the need for every gene in a bacterial cell in a single experiment. The new method will transform the study of gene activity and the search ...
Unlocking the Secret of the Bladder's Bouncers
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center may have a new way to stop and even prevent the urinary tract infections (UTIs) that plague more than a third of all adults, some of them repeatedly.
Researchers launch study into search-and-destroy antigen for deadly skin cancer
Aug 10, 2009 |
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UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers are studying a new antigen to see whether it can track down and kill cancer cells in patients with recurring melanoma, the leading cause of skin cancer deaths.
Scientists find cells responsible for bladder cancer's spread
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins scientists have tracked down a powerful set of cells in bladder tumors that seem to be primarily responsible for the cancer's growth and spread using a technique that takes advantage of similarities between ...
New investigational treatment for bladder cancer
Mar 12, 2009 |
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A team of researchers, led by Columbia University Medical Center faculty, has identified a new investigational therapy for the treatment of bladder cancer. The discovery was made using a new research model, using mice, which ...
