Food Insecurity Linked With Urge Urinary Incontinence
(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- Adults with self-reported food insecurity were significantly more likely to have a history of urge urinary incontinence (UUI), a large retrospective review showed.
Overall, food insecurity increased the odds... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - May 16, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Surgery for stress urinary incontinence in women
(Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)
Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - May 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More Inflammatory Foods, More Fecal Incontinence?
(MedPage Today) -- Older women who consumed a proinflammatory diet had a greater risk of fecal incontinence, prospective data from the Nurses' Health Study found.
In analyses that adjusted for dietary fiber and other relevant covariates, those... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - May 6, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
For Durham entrepreneur, helping patients with prostate cancer is personal
A Durham startup hopes to change the lives of patients with prostate cancer – taking incontinence out of the equation when they’re deciding their treatment options.
Levee Medical, which just closed on more than $1 million in outside capital, is moving quickly – possibly less than two years away from having its urological devices available to patients, executives sai d.
It’s the brainchild of Bruce Choi, its chief technology officer. Choi, a serial entrepreneur, started his career at… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - May 2, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Lauren Ohnesorge Source Type: news
The Connection Between IBD and Aging
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has long been thought of as an ailment of middle, or even young, adulthood. The chronic illness—which includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, bleeding, and decreased quality of life—impacts about 3.1 million people in the U.S. However, it is far from a disease only of the young and middle-aged. More than a quarter of people with IBD are elderly, a figure that is projected to climb to 30% by 2030, according to a 2021 Gastroenterology & Hepatology article.
Even more underappreciated is the growing population of people who ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine Harmon Courage Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Data from New VOYAGER PAD Analyses at ACC.22 Reinforce Benefit of XARELTO ® (rivaroxaban) Plus Aspirin in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) and Various Co-Morbid Conditions
RARITAN, N.J., April 1, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced data from new analyses from the Phase 3 VOYAGER PAD clinical trial reinforcing the benefit of the XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) vascular dose (2.5 mg twice daily plus aspirin 100 mg once daily) in reducing severe vascular events in patients with PAD after lower-extremity revascularization (LER), a procedure that restores blood flow to the legs. Data from the two analyses demonstrate the role that the XARELTO® vascular dose plays in PAD patients with and without chronic kidney disease (CKD) and in PAD patients with and ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - April 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Newer Mesh Slings for Stress Incontinence a Safe, Effective Option for Women: Study
Title: Newer Mesh Slings for Stress Incontinence a Safe, Effective Option for Women: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/31/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/1/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Womens Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Womens Health General - April 1, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Mini-Slings Noninferior to Mid-Urethral Slings for Stress UI in Women
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 -- Single-incision mini-slings are noninferior to mid-urethral slings for women with stress urinary incontinence, according to a study published in the March 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Mohamed... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 31, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mini-Slings as Good as Midurethral Slings for Stress Urinary Incontinence Mini-Slings as Good as Midurethral Slings for Stress Urinary Incontinence
Single-incision mini-slings used to treat female stress urinary incontinence are not inferior to older midurethral slings, according to a new study.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - March 31, 2022 Category: Surgery Tags: Urology News Source Type: news
WHO postnatal care guideline supported by 13 Cochrane Reviews
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued anupdated postnatal guideline which is supported by evidence fromCochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth reviews and oneCochrane Incontinence review.Cochrane has been a non-governmental organization in official relations with WHO since 2011, and a major aspect of this partnership is supporting WHO ’s global health guidelines with relevant evidence synthesis.The Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group has a long-standing collaboration with WHO on the development and updating of Cochrane reviews that inform WHO ’s guidelines on global maternal and perinatal health.In March 2022, W...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - March 23, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Valencia Technologies Announces FDA Approval of eCoin(R) Therapy to Treat Urinary Urge Incontinence
eCoin® Pivotal Trial Results Published in the Journal of Urology
VALENCIA, Calif., March 2, 2022 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Valencia Technologies Corporation, a privately held company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug A... Devices, Urology, FDA Valencia Technologies, eCoin , neurostimulator, urinary urge incontinence (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - March 2, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
U.S. FDA Approves CARVYKTI ™ (ciltacabtagene autoleucel), Janssen’s First Cell Therapy, a BCMA-Directed CAR-T Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
HORSHAM, Pa., February 28, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CARVYKTI™ (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) after four or more prior lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.1 The approval is based on data from the pivotal CARTITUDE-1 study, which included patients who had received a median of six prior treatment regimens (range, 3-18), and had previously rec...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Kimberly-Clark buys majority stake in reusable period underwear company
Kimberly-Clark Corporation has acquired a majority stake in Thinx, Inc., a maker of reusable period and incontinence underwear.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Thinx Inc., founded in 2013, encompasses four brands, Thinx, Thinx (BTWN), Speax by Thinx, and Thinx for All, a lower-priced line available at Target. The company expanded into activewear last year. Other retail customers include CVS and Boots.
Russ T orres, group president of Irving, Texas-based Kimberly-Clark's (NYSE: KMB)… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - February 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Anne Stych Source Type: news
Overactive Bladder, Urinary Incontinence Common in Middle-Aged Women
Age and menopause status tied to increased urinary symptoms in women (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What You Need to Know About Urinary Incontinence
Title: What You Need to Know About Urinary IncontinenceCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/11/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/11/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - February 11, 2022 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
