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New Fibre Technology created for use in Revolutionary Protective Underwear offers Relief to Urinary Incontinence Patients
Thursday, 13 July 2006
Tri-Sis, a privately held company, announces the launch of their new, innovative revolutionary protective underwear for the Urinary Incontinence patient. The underwear utilizes a new textile called Mystex ™ which provides high absorbency and discreet protection for Urinary Incontinence patients. The innovative technology which is leak-proof, absorbent, breathable, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-stain, and odour reducing absorbs 1200% their weight. A patented moisture barrier system has been developed for discreet incontinence and menstrual protection, and made to look and feel like your regular briefs. Mystex™, a unique patented fabric with antimicrobial protection absorbs up to twelve times its weight in moisture, while providing a breathable barrier. Peace of mind for light incontinence, and discreet feminine protection for those inopportune moments.
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Women With Urodynamic Stress Incontinence Are More Likely To Leak With Coughing, While Those With Detrusor Overactivity Are More Likely To Leak With Valsalva
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Valsalva (VLPP) and cough (CLPP) leak point pressures have been used for evaluating urinary incontinence in women. The relationship between these leak point pressures and stress urinary incontinence and detrusor overactivity is not known. Drs. Singha, Nallaswany and Arunkalaivnan from Birmingham, United Kingdom performed a prospective study to evaluate this relationship.
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Prostate Adjustable Continence Therapy (ProAct) Is A Safe And Effective Treatment For Post Radical Prostatectomy Incontinence
Wednesday, 14 June 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy may affect 3-8% of patients and can have a significant negative impact on a patient's quality of life. Although the artificial urinary sphincter is considered the "gold standard" treatment for post prostatectomy incontinence, not all patients are candidates or wish to undergo this procedure. Some will opt for an alternative such as the male sling or periurethral bulking agent. Trigo-Roch and colleagues from Sao Paulo, Brazil examined the safety and efficacy of a new prosthesis the Prostate Adjustable Continence Therapy (ProAct; Uromedica, Plymouth, Minn) for the treatment of post prostatectomy incontinence.
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Study Confirms Urologic(TM) Effectively Reduces Symptoms of Overactive Bladder and Urinary Incontinence
Wednesday, 03 May 2006
Results Show Ingredient Positively Impacts Participants' Overall Quality of Life BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, May 3, 2006 - BioLogic Health Solutions Pty Ltd., an Australia-based company whose mission is to research, develop and promote a range of well-researched natural products that improve the quality of people's lives, today announced the results of a two-month clinical trial that confirms that the company's proprietary, all-natural ingredient UroLogic(TM) helps reduce symptoms of overactive bladder and urinary incontinence in men and women.
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BJUI Mini Reviews - Advancing the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence
Tuesday, 02 May 2006
In this review we suggest reconsidering the current approach to treating SUI. In particular we examine the respective roles of urethral injection and more invasive surgery for patients failing to respond to conservative treatment and/or pharmacotherapy.
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European Urology - Hypospadias Repair Failures: Lessons Learned
Monday, 01 May 2006
Reoperative urethroplasty after hypospadias repair failures represents one of the most challenging and difficult tasks for the reconstructive urologist.
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Sacral Neuromodulation Useful For Refractory Urinary Urge Incontinence
Monday, 17 April 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sacral neuromodulation appears to be a safe and effective treatment for urinary urge incontinence unresponsive to pharmacologic agents, biofeedback, and other conservative therapies, according to a new report.
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PDMS Injections Can Improve Incontinence In Children With Neurogenic Bladder
Monday, 17 April 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Endoscopic injections of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) can achieve long-term continence in some cases of pediatric neurogenic bladder, French researchers report in the March issue of The Journal of Urology.
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Comparative Analysis Of The Symptomatology Of Children With Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction In Relation To Objective Data
Friday, 14 April 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This prospective study from Brazil assessed the most frequent urinary complaints in children with lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD).
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Combined Continence Operation With Prolapse Surgery Improves Urinary Control
Thursday, 13 April 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - By performing a Burch colposuspension to prevent stress incontinence at the same time as an abdominal sacrocolpopexy to treat pelvic-organ prolapse, women are less likely to experience stress incontinence up to 1 year later, researchers report in the April 13th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Patient-Reported Bladder Symptoms Correlate With Objective Assessments
Monday, 10 April 2006
PARIS (Reuters Health) - A reduction in symptoms of overactive bladder reported by patients following tolterodine (Detrol) treatment correlate with objective measures of treatment efficacy, and thus provide helpful data in the assessment of treatment response, according to the results of the Improvement in Patients: Assessing Symptomatic Control With Tolterodine (IMPACT) study presented at the 21st congress of the European Association of Urology.
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Incontinence Linked To Major Depression In Women
Friday, 31 March 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a study published in the March-April issue of Psychosomatics suggest that urinary incontinence is associated with close to twice the risk of major depression in women.
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Technique Of Urethroplasty For Female Stricture Disease Described And Results Reported
Wednesday, 15 March 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The incidence of obstruction from any cause occurs in approximately 2.7% to 8% of women presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms.
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Diet And Exercise Reduce Incontinence In Women At Risk Of Diabetes
Monday, 06 March 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In overweight, prediabetic women, intensive lifestyle intervention for diabetes prevention results in a lower risk of urinary incontinence compared with metformin treatment or standard lifestyle advice, a new study shows.
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Some Activity Restrictions After Surgery May Not Be Necessary
Monday, 06 March 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many of the activities that are restricted following surgery for pelvic-floor disorders are no more taxing than common everyday activities, such as rising from a chair or bed, new study findings suggest.
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World Continence Week 2009

Patient Guide - Controlling Your Bladder Symptoms

- Prepared by Diane K. Newman, MSN, CRNP, FAAN, BCIA-PMDM

Promoting Continence Worldwide

- Prepared by Diane K. Newman, MSN, CRNP, FAAN, BCIA-PMDM

Urinary Incontinence: Epidemiology and Disease Burden
- Prepared by Alan J. Wein, MD, PhD (hon)

International Consultation on Incontinence

Meet the Expert

Meet the Expert - Diane K. Newman

Publication Spotlight

BioDerm's Liberty™ External Continence Device for Male Bladder Control Featured in Newman and Wein’s Managing and Treating Urinary Incontinence

"Incontinence" - A Single Volume Compendium of Committee Findings from the 4th International Consultation on Incontience is Now Available for Purchase

Focus on

Focus on Urinary Incontinence condenses a selection of compelling and relevant science - on topic and chosen by the UroToday.com editorial staff.

The International Continence Society Announces First World Continence Week

- UroToday Announcement

NIH Releases State-of-the-Science Conference Final Statement: Prevention of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence in Adults

- News Release

- International Consultation on Incontinence - ICI 2008

- Session Abstracts, Urinary Incontinence

Transcorporal Artificial Urinary Sphincter Placement for Incontinence in High-risk Patients After Treatment of Prostate Cancer

- Beyond the Abstract

Reliability of the 24-h Sensation-Related Bladder Diary in Women with Urinary Incontinence

- Beyond the Abstract

NIH State-of-the-Science: Prevention of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence and the Strategies to Improve the Identification of Persons at Risk

- National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference: Prevention of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence in Adults - Presentation by Diane K. Newman

Cerebral Mechanisms and Voiding Function