EPA Choosing Lab Science Over Epidemiology To Establish Drinking Water Guidelines
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... also have difficulty withother functions, such as bladder voiding. What we are attempting to contributeis a method of control, in this case, a bladder prosthesis."...New outpatient surgery is helping women with stress incontinence
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...cord to function once more so patientscould regain bladder and bowel control. Perhaps they might one day result inenough regeneration for people to walk once more. "We are very pleased that the Keck Foundation has seen the enormous potential ofthis work and is willing to fund it in its early stages," says Wi...First NIH clinical trial for interstitial cystitis begins
Oral drugs studied for painful bladder problem Doctors have opened enrollment for a ...tial cystitis (IC), a persistent and often painful bladder syndromeaffecting about a million people, mostly women. The Interstitial Cystitis Clinical Trials Gr...... of implant therapy on normal tissues, such as the bladder and rectum. The model predicted that Iodine-125 would produce morelong-term side effects than Palladium-103, a prediction that mirrors the clinical results. Side-effects can include inflammation of theurethra and inflammation of the rectum or anus. ...Cranfield technology noses ahead
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...capacity of a drug often used to treat superficial bladder cancer. The changes nearly doubled the number of ...and the experimental therapy, MMC is placed in the bladder where it is held by the patient for about two hours. The new therapy, however, took special measure...Double-drug therapy may benefit some multiple sclerosis patients
...fficulties, problems with walking or motor skills, bladder problems, and sexual dysfunction. Relapsing-remitting MS, the most common form of the disease, is characterized by attacks interspersed with stable periods. About 75 percent of people are originally diagnosed with this form of the disease. S...New UNC center plans intensive studies of retired athletes suffering disabilities
...hemselves, 12 percent were incontinent of bowel or bladder and 11 percent reported being unable to feed themselves. This month the new and more scientifically designed survey will go to 3,600 retired National Football League players, Guskiewicz said. That will be the center 's first major initiative and wil...Pelvic floor exercises can reduce incontinence in women
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...their goals in one or two phases. Most began with bladder training, which involved emptying the bladder at regular timed intervals, gradually increasing the intervals until they were able to space them to...