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Overactive Bladder News

1. Clinical trial evaluates effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation in patients with overactive bladder

   Keck Medicine of USC urologists are launching a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation in patients with an overactive bladder due to neurological conditions, such as a spinal cord injury or stroke, and idiopathic (unknown) causes.

2. Scientists identify chemicals in urine that are specific to overactive bladder

   Millions of people might eventually be spared the embarrassment and extreme isolation caused by wetting themselves, thanks to new research.

3. Effective non-surgical treatment options for urinary incontinence

   A common myth about urinary incontinence (the loss of bladder control or urinary leakage) in women is that surgery is your only option.

4. Lipid produced in response to cold helps reduce blood sugar

   Researchers based in Brazil, the United States and Germany have discovered that 12-HEPE, a lipid produced in response to cold by brown adipose tissue in the human body, helps reduce blood sugar. The results of their experiments with mice pave the way for new treatments for diabetes.

5. Bladder drug can accelerate atheroclerosis in mice

   A drug used in the treatment of overactive bladder can accelerate atheroclerosis in mice, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

6. Study examines effect of herbal medicine product on bedwetting in children

   A new clinical trial investigating whether an herbal medicine product can benefit school-age children experiencing bedwetting is being led by a collaboration between researchers from the Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine at the University of Technology Sydney and the Office of Research at Endeavour College of Natural Health.

7. Thousands with chronic UTIs are not receiving the treatment they need

   Many women may not be receiving the treatment they need because the gold-standard tests for UTIs fail to detect a significant proportion of bacteria.

8. Device uses light to treat overactive bladder

   Researchers have developed an implantable device that could one day treat overactive bladder.

9. Childbirth delivery mode linked with woman’s risk of developing pelvic floor disorders

   Research completed at Johns Hopkins and the Greater Baltimore Medical Center has demonstrated that vaginal childbirth substantially increases the probability a woman will develop a pelvic floor disorder later in life.

10. Researchers to take 'unprecedented look' into protein behind hypertension, epilepsy, and overactive bladder

    The seemingly unrelated conditions of hypertension, epilepsy and overactive bladder may be linked by electrical activity in a protein long studied by a biomedical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis.