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UroToday's IC/PBS/BPS section is a repository of the clinical publications, clinical trials and investigative science pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome/bladder pain syndrome. Also available are conference coverage for all timely IC/PBS/BPS, audio podcasts and downloadable slides from UroToday's slide library.

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Painful Bladder Syndrome May Represent A Visceral Pain Syndrome
Monday, 29 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - In a study reported by M P FitzGerald and D Koch and scheduled for presentation at the International Continence Society Meeting in Montreal this month, patients with painful bladder syndrome were compared to patients with stress urinary incontinence and asymptomatic controls, looking at results of visceral and cutaneous sensory testing.
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Two Reports Suggest Painful Bladder / Interstitial Cystitis Symptoms Are More Prevalent Than Previously Thought
Thursday, 25 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The prevalence of interstitial cystitis (IC) symptoms may be more common than previously reported according to two recent reports in the literature.
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome And Depression Examined In Women With Interstitial Cystitis
Tuesday, 23 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - A case-control study was carried out to identify any relationship between interstitial cystitis (IC) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and depression by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and recently reported in an article by Joseph Novi and colleagues.
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Neural Cross-Talk May Explain Overlap Of Irritable Bowel, Interstitial Cystitis
Tuesday, 05 July 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers have observed in rats that acute irritation of the urinary bladder leads to increased sensitivity in the colorectum, and conversely, irritation of the colorectum leads to sensitization of the urinary bladder.
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Consensus Report on the Management of Interstitial Cystitis
Tuesday, 28 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis (IC) continues to be a challenge as the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease is unclear.
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The Bladder Does Not Have a Secreted Continuous Mucous Gel Layer
Thursday, 23 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Whether the biochemical makeup of the protective layer of the bladder urothelium is composed of mucin (MUC) or glycosaminoglycans (GAG) is unclear.
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Interstitial Cystitis Patients Are Hypersensitive to Somatic and Visceral Stimuli
Friday, 17 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Ness and colleagues from Birmingham, Alabama and Gainesville, Florida performed psychological and psychophysical testing to determine whether patients with interstitial cystitis (IC) differed from healthy subjects in regard to depression, anxiety, coping mechanisms, and somatic and visceral sensation.
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Long-term Follow-up Indicates that Augmentation Enterocystoplasty and Continent Urinary Diversion Are Safe and Effective Treatments for Most Benign Urological Disorders
Wednesday, 11 May 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Jerry Blaivas and colleagues from New York reviewed their long-term outcomes after augmentation enterocystoplasty (AC) and continent diversion (CD) for benign disease.
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Epithelial Permeability Increased in Interstitial Cystitis
Tuesday, 12 April 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Because of increased permeability of the bladder epithelium to urinary solutes, potassium (K) levels in urine are lower in patients with untreated interstitial cystitis (IC) than in successfully treated patients or healthy control subjects, new research suggests.
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Anti-IgE Therapy Curbs Interstitial Cystitis Symptoms: Case Report
Tuesday, 22 March 2005
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters Health) - Is interstitial cystitis (IC) an allergic disorder? Clinicians at the University of Tennessee in Memphis think so, based on their treatment of a woman with IC whose bladder symptoms virtually disappeared with the introduction of anti-IgE therapy.
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Prednisone Can Be Effective in Treating Refractory Ulcerative Interstitial Cystitis
Thursday, 03 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Soucy and colleagues from Quebec, Canada performed a study to determine the efficacy of prednisone in the treatment of patients with refractory ulcerative IC. Their findings were published in the March 2005 edition of the Journal of Urology.
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Chronic Prostatitis Symptoms May Be Due to Bladder Pathology
Wednesday, 12 January 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Patients with chronic prostatitis and interstitial cystitis can be the some of the most difficult patients to diagnose and treat. There is some speculation that the two diseases may be closely connected.
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Survey Results of Interstitial Cystitis Patient in the United Kingdom
Monday, 10 January 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - There is little epidemiological data about patients in the United Kingdom (UK) diagnosed with interstitial cystitis (IC).
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NIDDK Cystoscopic Criteria for Interstitial Cystitis (IC) Do Not Help to Identify a Distinct Patho-Physiological Subset of Patients
Tuesday, 04 January 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Diagnosis of IC requires a careful evaluation to exclude other pathologic conditions that can cause similar symptoms.
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Bladder NO Points to Cystitis Treatment Response
Friday, 24 December 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Particularly in women, bladder concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) accurately reflect symptom improvement in classic interstitial cystitis, Swedish researchers report in the December issue of The Journal of Urology.
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