Bladder Disorders News
December 22, 2024
Top Headlines
Dec. 4, 2024 — By comparing cancer incidence rates with genomic surveillance data, researchers suggest that higher rates of certain cancers in the UK and other countries may be linked to two bacterial strains. These strains are also among the most frequent causes ...
Dec. 3, 2024 — Researchers have identified a subset of brain cells in mice that act as the master regulators of ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Recent advances in bladder cancer treatments may offer hope of curative care to more patients, including those with high-risk localized, muscle-invasive disease, according to a new ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — A research team has shown that that combining pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy drug, with standard chemotherapy can improve treatment outcomes for patients with small cell bladder cancer and small cell/neuroendocrine prostate ...
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Oct. 23, 2024 — According to a study, the RNA (a type of genetic material) and other substances within urine can show changes in cell types, revealing early signs of cancer and other diseases. This method could help ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — How bladder cancer originates and progresses has been illuminated as never before. Researchers found that antiviral enzymes that mutate the DNA of normal and cancer cells are key promoters of early ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — A new study has found some cancers to be slightly more frequent in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in people without MS. Types of cancers found to have a small increased risk include ...
Sep. 6, 2024 — New research finds that 12 weeks of low-impact exercise classes reduced daily episodes of urinary incontinence by more than ...
June 6, 2024 — In an advance that could improve bladder cancer treatment, a novel combination of cretostimogene grenadenorepvec and pembrolizumab has shown ...
May 3, 2024 — New research examines how the bacteria Escherichia coli, or E. coli -- responsible for most UTIs -- is able to use host nutrients to reproduce at an extraordinarily rapid pace during infection ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Researchers say they have discovered that the protein puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase (NPEPPS) plays a role in regulating response to platinum ...
Mar. 2, 2024 — A perplexing problem for people with recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) is persistent pain, even after antibiotics have successfully cleared ...
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 ...
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 ...
Earlier Headlines
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 ...
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 bladder is currently a standard approach when ...
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. ...
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 like interstitial cystitis -- a painful ...
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 shows consuming cranberry products is an effective ...
Mar. 9, 2023 — Researchers have developed an ultra-soft and highly stretchable tissue-adhesive hydrogel-based multifunctional implantable sensor for monitoring of overactive ...
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 ...
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 ...
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