Stress Urinary Incontinence? Know Your Surgical Options
TUESDAY, March 21, 2023 -- A lot of women experience stress urinary incontinence, those bladder leaks that can happen when a woman is coughing, sneezing, laughing or exercising.
It’s the most common type of urinary incontinence in women,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
New VOYAGER PAD Analysis Confirms Consistent Benefit of XARELTO ® (rivaroxaban) Plus Aspirin Following Lower Extremity Revascularization (LER)
TITUSVILLE, NJ, March 5, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced data from a new prespecified analysis from the Phase 3 VOYAGER PAD clinical trial reinforcing the benefits of the XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) vascular dose (2.5 mg twice daily plus aspirin 100 mg once daily) over standard of care (aspirin alone), demonstrating consistent benefit at 30 days, 90 days and up to three years following LER in patients with PAD. Lower extremity revascularization, also called peripheral revascularization, is a procedure that restores blood flow in blocked arteries or veins. This analysis of ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
What can you do for an overactive bladder?
Overactive bladder, or OAB, is a condition that causes a sudden urge to urinate. It affects both men and women. The urge may be difficult to stop, and overactive bladder may lead to the involuntary loss of urine, known as urge incontinence. If you have overactive bladder, you may feel embarrassed, isolate yourself or limit your work and social life. The good news is that a brief evaluation can determine whether there's a specific cause… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 24, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Over half of men experience some symptoms of urinary incontinence, study finds
Over half of men in the UK have experienced some symptoms of urinary incontinence (UI) while previous studies drastically underestimated the true number, Prostate Cancer UK has suggested. The study, part of a campaign running in partnership with phs Group, found that awareness of UI in men in the general population was lower than the... Read moreThe post Over half of men experience some symptoms of urinary incontinence, study finds appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - February 15, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Over half of men experience some symptoms of urinary incontinence, study finds
Over half of men in the UK have experienced some symptoms of urinary incontinence (UI) while previous studies may have underestimated the true number of men affected, the charity Prostate Cancer UK has suggested. A study found that awareness of urinary incontinence in men in the general population was lower than the prevalence of the... Read moreThe post Over half of men experience some symptoms of urinary incontinence, study finds appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - February 15, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Men's health Source Type: news
PFAS ‘ Forever Chemicals ’ Are Turning Up in Menstrual Products. Here ’ s What You Need to Know
Feminine hygiene products may be among the most basic and essential purchases a consumer can make. The 72 million women and girls in the U.S. of child bearing age—broadly defined as ages 15 to 49—rely on industry to provide them a diverse range of sanitary products, from tampons to pads to period underwear to liners, and industry generally responds. But increasingly it seems that manufacturers are delivering these consumers a very bad thing as well—one that can pose a grave threat to their health and welfare.
Over the past three years, feminine hygiene products have been turning up contaminated by PFAS, s...
Source: TIME: Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Explainer healthscienceclimate Wellbeing Source Type: news
MO Alternates invests Rs 400 crore in Rajkot-based hygiene products maker Pan Health
Pan Health sells baby diapers under the ‘Little Angel’ brand, adult incontinence products under the ‘Liberty’ brand, and sanitary napkins and feminine hygiene products under the ‘Everteen’ brand. Company also sells personal care products under brands such as ‘Neud’, ‘Mansure’ and ‘Naturesure’. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Janssen Announces Unblinding of Phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 Study of CARVYKTI ® (cilta-cel) as Primary Endpoint Met in Treatment of Patients with Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma
RARITAN, New Jersey, January 27, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced that the Phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 study evaluating CARVYKTI® (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) versus pomalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (PVd) or daratumumab, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone (DPd) for the treatment of patients with relapsed and lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma met its primary endpoint of significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) at the first pre-specified interim analysis. As a result of meeting the primary endpoint, the Independent Data Monitoring Commi...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - January 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
How an electric chair can provide relief for women blighted by bowel incontinence
Grandmother Jan Swan, from Aintree in Merseyside who had started to suffer from embarrassing bowel accidents about five times a day believes the shock therapy is helping her condition. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diet Drinks May Not Affect Urinary Function in Women
This study is important in that it may guide clinicians... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 28, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Artificially Sweetened Drinks May Up Risk for Urinary Incontinence
FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 -- Consuming artificially sweetened beverages may increase a women ' s risk for urinary incontinence, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Menopause.
Nancy E. Ringel, M.D., from the Yale School of Medicine in New... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 16, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Weight-Loss Surgery May Help Ease Urinary Incontinence
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 -- Weight-loss surgery can have many health benefits, and now a new study suggests that long-term relief from urinary incontinence is one of them.
Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common problem, and obesity is among the risk... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 13, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Early research toward a cell-free solution for stress urinary incontinence
Mayo Clinic researchers found a noncellular substance suggested improvement in restoring muscle function and bladder control in preclinical models. The teams of Atta Behfar, M.D., Ph.D. and Emanuel Trabuco, M.D., led this research in a collaboration between Mayo Clinic Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology. The paper is published in NPJ Regenerative Medicine. "Surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence, a condition afflicting 25 million women, has significantly declined over concerns about negative side effects," says Dr. Trabuco. “This has led&hel...
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 10, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Real-World Study Confirms Benefit of XARELTO ® (rivaroxaban) for Secondary Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer Patients
TITUSVILLE, NJ, December 9, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced observational data from eight years of clinical practice showing that the oral Factor Xa inhibitor XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) is associated with comparable effectiveness and safety to the Factor Xa inhibitor apixaban for the treatment of cancer-associated thromboembolism (CAT) in a broad cohort of patients with various cancer types. Patients with CAT are at a higher risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), which is the second-leading cause of death in people with cancer.1Data from the Observational Study in Cancer-A...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - December 9, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Older people left with incontinence after hospital visits as NHS staff 'fit catheters unnecessarily'
Older people (file photo) who spend time in hospital are being discharged suffering from long-lasting incontinence because NHS staff are too busy to take them to the toilet while they're on the ward. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
