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PubMed Articles
Transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) family member 4 (TRPV4) expression has been demonstrated in urothelial cells and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, and roles in normal micturition refle...
Intra-abdominal mucinous adenocarcinoma of urachal origin: report of a case.
Intra-abdominal mucinous cystic tumors can be difficult to diagnose preoperatively. We report a case of histologically diagnosed primary urachal adenocarcinoma: a rare type of bladder tumor. This case...
OBJECTIVES: The value of conventional non-invasive Doppler parameters to predict ventricular end-diastolic pressure (EDP) and diastolic function in congenital heart diseases is limited. The aim of our...
Bladder cancer: Towards risk stratification in bladder cancer.
β3-Receptor Agonists for Overactive Bladder-New Frontier or More of the Same?
The new information generated over the last decade on the physiology/pharmacology of the normal bladder and on the pathophysiology of the overactive bladder has resulted in the introduction of a new t...
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been demonstrated to be involved in the development of numerous types of malignant tumor. However, the role of miRNA-430 (miR-430) in bladder cancer remains unclear. In the pre...
Patients with both chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are at increased risk for thrombotic events compared to those with one abnormality alone. Whether this can be attributed to c...
Percutaneous management of left atrial appendage perforation during device closure.
A 76-year-old male patient was admitted for percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure because of chronic atrial fibrillation and a history of gastrointestinal bleeding under oral anticoagulatio...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy and long term safety of transulnar approach in complex coronary interventions. BACKGROUND: The success rate of transulnar approach in complex coronary intervention...
OBJECTIVES: To report the clinical outcomes of single-stenting from distal unprotected left main coronary artery (LMCA) to the left circumflex artery (LCx). BACKGROUND: Percutaneous coronary intervent...
News Articles
Key find for early bladder cancer treatment
Aggressive forms of bladder cancer involve the protein PODXL – a discovery that could hold the key to improved treatment, according to researchers at Lund University, Uppsala University and KTH in S...
New overactive bladder drug approved for use in Scotland
A new treatment for overactive bladder has been approved for use by the NHS in Scotland, with England and Wales set to follow suit.
Stryker Metal Hip Recall: Lieff Cabraser Provides Answers to Hip Replacement Patients
Wendy Fleishman of the national plaintiffs’ law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, announced that the firm issued today a list of answers to frequently asked ques...
TheraCoat Has Completed a Capital Raising of $7M led by Pontifax and Chaim Hurvitz's CHealth Fund
TheraCoat Ltd. (TheraCoat), a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on innovative drug-delivery solutions for the treatment of intra-cavital diseases, announces...
The mid-stream (MSU) is urine from the bladder, which carries the information clinicians need to accurately identify and diagnose a UTI, or in the case of antenatal patients, make sure all is well.
Cherokee Women's Health Specialists Offering In-Office Urinary Incontinence Treatment with 60-80% Success Rate (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Cherokee Women's Health Specialists is now offering a non-s...
Bladder cancer: Towards risk stratification in bladder cancer
Bladder cancer risk assessment is currently based on an individual's age and history of exposure to known carcinogens. A new report illustrates how interactions between cigarette smoking and germline...
BETHESDA, Md., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 5,000 people in 70 communities nationwide participated in the third annual Walks for Bladder Cancer to raise more than $300,000 to...
Addex Therapeutics / Addex Validates Potential Efficacy Biomarker for Phase 1 Trial of its GABA-B Positive Allosteric modulator, ADX71441 . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issu...
Accumed Radial Systems, LLC Names Michael Pisano, PhD, as President and Chief Executive Officer
ANN ARBOR, MI -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/13 -- Michael Pisano, PhD, has been appointed as President and CEO of Accumed Radial Systems, LLC (ARS), the newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Accumed Sy...
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TheraCoat is a specialty pharmaceutical company founded in 2004 by uro-oncologists and biomaterial specialists. TheraCoatâs Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board f...
Magnetecs Corporation designs and manufactures a unique and highly efficient robotic catheterization control system for minimally invasive surgical procedures and the advanced spe...
Celek Pharmaceuticals, LLC is a privately-held biotechnology company based in Rockville, MD, developing targeted medicines for specific cancers and inflammatory disorders that urg...
Predictive Biosciences develops novel molecular diagnostic cancer assays and provides molecular pathology services for urology-based practices. Leveraging a portfolio of patented...
TARIS Biomedical Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company with deep domain expertise in therapeutics and drug-delivery, is focused on local minimally-invasive drug-device converge...
Biomoda (www.biomoda.com) is a cancer diagnostics company focused on the development of accurate, inexpensive and noninvasive tests for the early detection of cancer. In ad...
Predictive Biosciences is a fully-integrated developer of novel molecular diagnostic cancer assays, and a subspecialty, urology-focused provider of anatomic pathology laboratory p...
Telormedix (www.telormedix.com), founded in October 2007, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on targeted immunity and modulation of the innate immune system for treatin...
Privately held CVT, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., has developed a proprietary system for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVI). Through the combination of a unique anc...
Antares Pharma, Inc. and Population Council
Antares Pharma focuses on self-injection delivery technologies and topical gel-based pharmaceutical products. The Companyâs subcutaneous injection technology platforms includ...
Clinical Trials
Improving the Immune System With Human IL-7 Vaccine in Older Subjects Who Have Had Chemotherapy
Background: - Drugs given to treat cancer (chemotherapy) can weaken the human immune system. But it can also become weaker because of aging. Interleukin (IL)-7, a molecule produced natura...
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an experimental medicine (mirabegron) is as good as a currently approved medicine (solifenacin) in the treatment of patients with overacti...
The anticipation of pain and discomfort, a diagnosis, and other intrinsic unknowns make patients anxious both prior to and during a procedure. Therefore, the main goal of sedation with a...
Botox as a Treatment for Interstitial Cystitis in Women
Patients with interstitial cystitis have been well documented to have pelvic floor muscle tenderness as well as pain on bladder distension. Some investigators have even suggested that pel...
Pre-hospital Administration of Thrombolytic Therapy With Urgent Culprit Artery Revascularization
The PATCAR study has been designed to test the hypothesis that the strategy of pre-hospital use of a "clot busting" (thrombolytic) drug followed with emergent heart catheterization includi...
NIRS Monitoring in the Ambulatory Single Ventricle Patient
The normal heart has four chambers. There are two upper (or filling) chambers and are called the atrium. There are two lower (or pumping) chambers and are called the ventricles. One of...
Women with chronic lung disease characterised by chronic cough report urinary incontinence. Recently there have been reports of increased urinary incontinence in girls and women with cysti...
Prophylactic Antibiotic Treatment During Vaginal Repair
Prolapse of the uterus, bladder and rectum is a common condition in multiparous and/or elderly women. The number of operations for vaginal repair is increasing in Denmark, but there is no...
Concurrent Chemoradiation Versus Wide Pelvic Lymphadenectomy for Advanced Rectal Cancer
Based on the neurophysiology, it is well known that sympathetic nerves control the ejaculatory function and bladder neck closure. In contrast, the parasympathetic nerves control penile ere...
Identification of Biomarkers Associated With Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma by SELDI
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been the leading cause of cancer death in Taiwan. Though Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and des-γ-carboxy prothrombin(DCP) are used as the tumor markers for di...
Videos
Catherization of Female Urinary Bladder
Catherization of Female Urinary Bladder, Taylors 12-5 Caution This video is for educational use and is UNSUITABLE for children.
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Receptor, Adenosine A2b
A subclass of adenosine A2 receptors found in the CECUM, the COLON, the BLADDER, and a variety of other tissues. It is generally considered to be a low affinity receptor for ADENOSINE that couples to the GS, STIMULATORY G-PROTEIN.
Labor Pain
Pain associated with OBSTETRIC LABOR in CHILDBIRTH. It is caused primarily by UTERINE CONTRACTION as well as pressure on the CERVIX; BLADDER; and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Labor pain mostly occurs in the ABDOMEN; the GROIN; and the BACK.
Cystocele
A HERNIA-like condition in which the weakened pelvic muscles cause the URINARY BLADDER to drop from its normal position. Fallen urinary bladder is more common in females with the bladder dropping into the VAGINA and less common in males with the bladder dropping into the SCROTUM.
Urolithiasis
Formation of stones in any part of the URINARY TRACT, usually in the KIDNEY; URINARY BLADDER; or the URETER.
Nocturia
Frequent URINATION at night that interrupts sleep. It is often associated with outflow obstruction, DIABETES MELLITUS, or bladder inflammation (CYSTITIS).
