Voluntary exercise reduces stress-linked bladder pain and urinary frequency
Chronic stress may contribute to the pain and urinary symptoms experienced by people with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome…
Lab-grown micro bladder helps explain why urinary tract infections return
A lab-grown micro bladder may explain why urinary tract infections (UTIs) return so frequently, according to a study…
NIH grant funds study on stroke-related urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is a common but frequently overlooked consequence of stroke. Now, researchers from the Mark and Mary…
New vascularized grafts may improve bladder surgery for children
Can growing blood vessels within a lab-engineered graft improve bladder reconstruction for children? For more than two decades,…
Children left waiting up to two years for NHS continence care, new data reveals
Children with bladder and bowel conditions are waiting months – and in some cases years – for specialist…
New peptide triggers domino effect to suppress bladder cancer
Background Recently, a research team led by Professors Dahong Zhang and Qi Zhang from the Urology Department and…
Scientists find unexpected immune pathways for mRNA cancer vaccines
The advent of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the…
Study reveals brain mechanisms behind post-stroke urinary incontinence
A new USC-led study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) reveals the neural mechanisms that contribute to urinary…
Are socially isolated people more likely to develop cancer? Study of 350,000 adults explores the risk
A massive UK Biobank analysis suggests that objective social isolation may modestly increase cancer risk, particularly in women,…
Color vision deficiency is linked to worse survival in bladder cancer
A large electronic health record study suggests that difficulty recognizing painless blood in urine may delay diagnosis and…
New PET tracer enables rapid imaging of aggressive breast and bladder cancers
A promising new PET tracer can visualize a protein that is commonly overexpressed in triple-negative breast and urothelial…
New drug-releasing system eliminates tumors in 82% of high-risk bladder cancer patients
A new drug-releasing system, TAR-200, eliminated tumors in 82% of patients in a phase 2 clinical trial for…