Bladder Disorders News
April 18, 2024
Top Headlines
Mar. 2, 2024 — A perplexing problem for people with recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) is persistent pain, even after antibiotics have successfully cleared the bacteria. Now researchers have identified the ...
Jan. 9, 2024 — More than 65,000 men fall ill with prostate cancer each year in Germany. Twelve thousand of them develop a treatment-resistant form which eventually ends in death. Now, a team of researchers has developed an active substance that might in future ...
Nov. 30, 2023 — Researchers have discovered that growing bacteria on agar mixed with organs is an efficient and effective way to study infectious ...
Nov. 16, 2023 — For 40 years, chemotherapy has been the standard treatment for bladder cancer patients who can tolerate this medicine. However, the results were limited, and lasting results were rare. In recent years, two groundbreaking phase-3 clinical studies ...
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Mar. 27, 2024 — Researchers say they have discovered that the protein puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase (NPEPPS) plays a role in regulating response to platinum ...
Dec. 5, 2023 — In some diseases, the underlying processes can start years before a diagnosis is made. A new study finds that people who later develop multiple ...
Nov. 8, 2023 — A new study reveals that numerous bacterial strains are capable of hiding in the human bladder wall, suggesting why urinary tract infections often persist after ...
Oct. 2, 2023 — Investigators have developed a new approach for treating invasive bladder cancer without the need for surgical removal of the bladder. Removing the ...
June 21, 2023 — 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 ...
May 24, 2023 — 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 ...
Apr. 20, 2023 — Drinking cranberry juice has long been a mythical prevention strategy for women who develop a urinary tract infection -- and new medical evidence ...
Mar. 9, 2023 — Researchers have developed an ultra-soft and highly stretchable tissue-adhesive hydrogel-based multifunctional implantable sensor for monitoring of ...
Jan. 11, 2023 — The opportunistic bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii rarely sickens healthy people but causes serious infections in hospitalized patients. A study in mice suggests that Acinetobacter can hide ...
Dec. 28, 2022 — An enzyme that defends human cells against viruses can help drive cancer evolution towards greater malignancy by causing myriad mutations in cancer cells, according to a new study. The finding ...
Earlier Headlines
Oct. 7, 2022 — 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 ...
Oct. 5, 2022 — An epigenetics drug currently being used for the treatment of blood cancers and rare sarcomas can stop the growth of bladder cancer by activating the immune system, reports a new study in mice. The ...
Sep. 20, 2022 — Lower immunity and recurring infections are common in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Researchers now show that the immune system of people with diabetes has lower levels of the antimicrobial peptide ...
Sep. 12, 2022 — Researchers have made two important discoveries about the mechanism by which bladder cancer cells foil attacks from the immune system. The research could lead to a new therapeutic option for patients ...
Aug. 22, 2022 — Many bladder cancer patients cannot tolerate the strong side effects of the gold standard treatment. Researchers have found a way to minimize those side effects and are poised to move into clinical ...
Aug. 4, 2022 — Investigators have identified genetic signatures that could predict whether tumors in patients with bladder and other cancers will respond to ...
July 12, 2022 — Development of a precision medicine technology based on artificial intelligence that predicts immunotherapy response in cancer ...
June 28, 2022 — Urinary tract infections are both very common and potentially very dangerous. Around 80 per cent of UTIs are caused by uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), which is increasingly resistant to antibiotics. E. ...
June 9, 2022 — Male sex hormones interfere with the body's ability to fight bladder cancer, likely explaining why males experience higher cancer rates and more deadly disease, according to a new ...
May 15, 2022 — Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly (20 per cent) less time in hospital, concludes a ...
May 9, 2022 — 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 ...
May 5, 2022 — 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
Apr. 22, 2022 — 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 ...
Mar. 28, 2022 — 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 ...
Mar. 9, 2022 — 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 ...
Jan. 6, 2022 — 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 ...
Dec. 15, 2021 — 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 ...
Nov. 8, 2021 — 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 ...
Oct. 19, 2021 — 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 ...
Oct. 14, 2021 — 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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