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Bladder Disorders News
August 2, 2023

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Loss of Y Chromosome in Men Enables Cancer to Grow

As men age, some of their cells lose the very thing that makes them biological males -- the Y chromosome -- and this loss hampers the body's ability to fight cancer, according to new research. The study found that loss of the Y chromosome helps cancer cells evade the body's immune system. This ...

Medical 'Microrobots' Could One Day Treat Bladder Disease, Other Human Illnesses

Engineers have designed a new class of 'microrobots' several times smaller than the width of a human hair that may be able to treat human illnesses like interstitial cystitis -- a painful bladder disease that affects millions of ...

不再一个神话:蔓越莓产品Prevent Urinary Tract Infections for Women

Drinking cranberry juice has long been a mythical prevention strategy for women who develop a urinary tract infection -- and new medical evidence shows consuming cranberry products is an effective way to prevent a UTI before it gets started. A ...

Some Hospitalized Patients' Infections May Develop from Their Own Bacteria

投机取巧的细菌不动杆菌baumannii rarely sickens healthy people but causes serious infections in hospitalized patients. A study in mice suggests that Acinetobacter can hide undetected in bladder cells and then reactivate when stimulated by medical intervention. The findings ...
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Awake Patients Can Have Kidney Stones Moved, Blasted

A new technique which combines the use of two ultrasound technologies may offer an option to move kidney stones out of the ureter with minimal pain and no anesthesia, according to a new feasibility ...

Robotic Surgery Is Safer and Improves Patient Recovery Time

手术机器人援助用于执行膀胱cer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly (20 per cent) less time in hospital, concludes a ...

Methylation of tRNA-Derived Fragments Regulates Gene-Silencing Activity in Bladder Cancer

Researchers describe a novel form of gene regulation that is altered in bladder cancer, leading to the boosting of a gene pathway that helps the cancer cells survive during rapid growth. The work ...

Recurrent UTIs Linked to Gut Microbiome, Chronic Inflammation

A study suggests that women who get recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) may be caught in a vicious cycle in which antibiotics given to eradicate one infection predispose them to develop ...

Artificial Intelligence Helps Physicians Better Assess the Effectiveness of Bladder Cancer Treatment

In a small but multi-institutional study, an artificial intelligence-based system improved providers' assessments of whether patients with bladder cancer had complete response to chemotherapy ...

Potential Therapy May Boost Chemoimmunotherapy Response in Bladder Cancer

Adding an anti-inflammatory medication to immunotherapy and standard chemotherapy drugs may provide long-term suppression of aggressive bladder tumor growth, according to a proof-of-concept ...

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In Pilot Study, Asynchronous Telehealth Visits Effectively Treat Overactive Bladder

Women with overactive bladder are frequently frustrated with treatment, which leads to discontinuation of therapy. Asynchronous telehealth visits keep women engaged in follow-up care, accelerates ...

Risk of Overactive Bladder Associated With Medications for Dementia

A study evaluating the risk of overactive bladder as a side effect of cholinesterase inhibitor drugs taken for dementia and Alzheimer's disease, finds that one drug -- Donepezil -- is linked to ...

Overactive Bladder and Urinary Incontinence Worsen With Age

If you're feeling more sudden urges to run to the bathroom as you age, you're not alone. A new study suggests postmenopausal women aged 45 to 54 years are more likely to have overactive ...

Stem Cells Do Not (Only) Play Dice

In just a few weeks a completely new organism develops from a fertilized egg cell. The real miracle is that a bunch of identical stem cells turns into completely different, specialized cell types. A ...

Research Reveals Potential New Strategy to Combat Urinary Tract Infections

Identifying the dynamic events occurring during urinary tract infections (UTI) has revealed a new potential strategy to combat this condition, considered the most common type of ...

Data Continues to Show That Americans Need at Least 5 Hours Per Week of Physical Activity to Prevent Some Cancers

A new report finds more than 46,000 cancer cases annually in the United States could be prevented if Americans met the 5 hours per week of moderate-intensity recommended physical activity ...

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What You Need to Know About Urinary Tract Infections

More than half of U.S. women will experience at least one urinary tract infection (UTI) in their lifetimes, while a quarter will have a subsequent infection. Recurrent urinary tract infections are ...

Liquid Biopsies May Aid Diagnosis, Treatment of Bladder, Nerve Tumors

Two recent studies describe the potential of liquid biopsies to identify and track tumor growth in two very different cancers: bladder cancer and peripheral nerve tumors. Despite the differences ...

Organoid Bladders Reveal Secrets of UTIs

Scientists have developed two complementary bladder models to study urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by E. coli: bladder organoids and a bladder-on-a- chip. The two studies reveal how bacteria ...

Advanced Bladder Cancers Respond to Immunotherapy Regardless of Gene Mutation Status

Researchers report a study has demonstrated that patients with advanced bladder cancers whose tumors have a mutated FGFR3 gene respond to immunotherapy in a manner that is similar to patients without ...

A New Avenue for Fighting Drug-Resistant Bacteria

A small regulatory RNA found in many problematic bacteria, including Escherichia coli, appears to be responsible for managing the response of these bacteria to environmental stresses. Researchers see ...

Study Suggests Blood Test Could Guide Precision Treatment in Bladder Cancer

A blood test that can detect tiny amounts of circulating cancer DNA may be able to identify risk of cancer recurrence and guide precision treatment in bladder cancer following surgery, according to a ...

Goodbye UTIs: Scientists Develop Vaccine Strategy for Urinary Tract Infections

Researchers describe a new vaccination strategy that they think could re-program the body to fight off the bacteria that cause urinary tract ...

Bacterial Toxin Is Found in Patients With Urinary Tract Infections

A DNA-damaging bacterial toxin called colibactin is produced in patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to a new ...

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