News tagged with incontinence
World's first electronic underpants created Down Under
An Australian company on Friday announced the rollout of what it said were the world's first electronic underpants, saying its product was able to send text messages if the wearer became incontinent.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 26, 2010 |
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Muscle cell infusion shown to strengthen sphincters in animals
A new study shows that muscle cells grown in the lab can restore an intestine's ability to squeeze shut properly. The work, performed in dogs and rats, might ultimately help treat patients with conditions such as gastric ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Meditate your way to better bladder health
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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 04, 2009 |
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Researchers perform head-to-head comparison of incontinence treatments
As part of a national clinical trial, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found little difference in effectiveness between two popular treatments for one of the most common ailments among American women: stress urinary ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Neuropathic pain: The sea provides a new hope of relief
A compound initially isolated from a soft coral (Capnella imbricata) collected at Green Island off Taiwan, could lead scientists to develop a new set of treatments for neuropathic pain - chronic pain that sometimes follow ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Weight loss may be associated with improvements in hot flushes in overweight and obese women
Among overweight and obese women with bothersome hot flushes during menopause, an intensive weight loss intervention program may lead to improvements in flushing, according to a report in the July 12 issue of Archives of ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Researchers find possible genetic link for pelvic floor disorders
University of Utah researchers have identified a region of the human genome that may contribute to the development of pelvic floor disorders such as pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, according to a study ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Weight loss reduces incontinence for women
Starting a weight-loss regimen significantly reduces urinary incontinence for women, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of California, San Francisco.
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Research finds surgery outperforms drug therapy in treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
A 17-year-long community study looking at symptoms of enlarged prostate in over 2,000 men age 40 to 79 years suggests that surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) offers more relief from incontinence and obstruction ...
May 30, 2010 |
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Surgical options for female incontinence found to be effective but with different complications
Two popular procedures for female stress incontinence were found to be equivalent in efficacy but differed in side effects, according to data published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American Colleg ...
May 18, 2010 |
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Stress urinary incontinence: Minimally invasive operations as effective as open surgery
New, less invasive surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence in women are just as effective as traditional open surgical approaches, according to Cochrane Researchers. The researchers carried out a systematic review ...
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Fecal incontinence and quality of life
Fecal incontinence (FI) is a normal part of aging, or the perception that no treatment is available. Doctors may fail to comprehend patient hints about diarrhea and FI or may be reluctant to ask about fecal leakage, perhaps ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Autologous muscle-derived cells may treat stress urinary incontinence
Researchers have confirmed that transplanting autologous muscle-derived cells (AMDC) into the bladder is safe at a wide range of doses and significantly improves symptoms and quality of life in patients with stress urinary ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Incontinence
Incontinence or Incontinent may refer to:
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