Urethra in Medical News

Cellular telephones to expand knowledge of health behaviors and microorganisms in adolescent males

... characterize changes in the microorganisms in the urethra of the adolescent male. The urethra connects the male bladder to the outside of the ... In the past, physicians thought that the male urethra normally didn't have any microorganisms. It now ...

Listening to the urinary stream

... most of the elder men and often compresses the urethra resulting in voiding symptoms. Dutch researcher ... has found a way to measure the resistance of the urethra using sound: via a microphone placed behind the ... of the recorded sound depends on how much the urethra has been compressed. Elder men with voiding ...

Cranberries May Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

... the urinary tract and multiply in the urethra, causing the lining of the urethra to become red and irritated. Left unchecked, bacteria from an infection in the urethra can move deeper into the urinary tract to the bladder and kidneys. Kidney ...

Novasys Medical Receives $18.95 Million in Second Tranche of Series D Financing

... treatment of any kind. The FDA-cleared Renessa System includes a small probe which a physician passes through the natural opening of the urethra (transurethral). The probe gently heats the tissue in the bladder neck and upper urethra. The heat denatures the collagen in the tissue, and upon ...

New Scientific Evidence Suggests Humans Resistant to Phthalate Effect on Lab Rodents

... structural damage, and no other effects on the reproductive system development, male hormone levels, no hypospadias, which are malformations of the urethra in males, or on their number of germ cells, all the way through to adulthood. The researchers also separately dosed infant male marmosets, and ...

First Coast Medicare to Provide Case by Case Reimbursement for the Renessa(R) Treatment for Incontinence in Women

... and/or effectiveness. The FDA-cleared Renessa System includes a small probe which a physician passes through the natural opening of the urethra (transurethral). The probe heats multiple small treatment sites in the submucosa of the bladder neck and upper urethra, denaturing the patient's own ...

Hypospadias, a birth defect of the male urethra, is not increasing in New York state

... has ostensibly been on the rise, accompanied by increases in testicular cancer and hypospadias -- a congenital defect in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside, rather than at the end, of the penis. Taken together, these three conditions have been termed testicular dysgenesis syndrome. ...

Valuable New Resources for Treating Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)

... women; pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), cervical cancer, and pregnancy problems in women; and inflammation of the prostate (prostatitis) and the urethra (urethritis) in men. People who have a sexually transmitted infection are at higher risk for contracting HIV/AIDS. Dr. Swierzewski continues, ...

Stanford Study on CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Prostate Cancer Demonstrates 100 Percent PSA Response at 33 months

... for even the slightest motion to ensure the target receives adequate dose and the surrounding sensitive structures, such as the rectum, bladder, urethra and nerves, are maximally spared. In September 2008 Accuray launched the InTempo(TM) Adaptive Imaging System, which enhances the CyberKnife ...

Prostate Cancer Patients in US and Europe Receive Treatments Using Enhanced Seed Prostate Brachytherapy Software

... brachytherapy physicists new and improved contouring tools, including the ability to contour in the sagittal and coronal planes. Contouring the urethra has been simplified by the introduction of the Structure sweep, which is also available in the VariSeed Implant View(TM) module for interactive seed ...

Collagen injections can help some incontinence patients when surgery fails, researcher finds

... for treatment, existing procedures sometimes fail. Collagen has been used to treat SUI because its injection into the tissue surrounding the urethra tightens the urethral sphincter and stops urine from leaking. The study, published in the February edition of the Journal of Urology, reviewed ...

Aetna Now Covers Novasys Medical's Renessa(R) Treatment for Incontinence in Women

... and/or effectiveness. The FDA-cleared Renessa System includes a small probe which a physician passes through the natural opening of the urethra (transurethral). The probe heats multiple small treatment sites in the submucosa of the bladder neck and upper urethra, denaturing the patient's own ...

World-Renowned Urologist, J. Francois Eid, M.D., Expands Practice with Increased Treatment of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH)

... microwave therapy (TUMT) . This office treatment, which is a breakthrough in the treatment of BPH, uses heat to reduce excess tissue pressing on the urethra from the enlarged prostate. No anesthesia is needed and thermotherapy is performed in less than an hour. Over 70% of men experience rapid relief of ...

AZO Answers the Burning Question: What's Up Down There?

... Infection (UTI) is an infection anywhere in the urinary tract, such as the kidneys, bladder and urethra. Usually, bacteria that cause a UTI enter the urethra and may travel to the bladder and kidneys. Your body often removes these bacteria, so there may not even be symptoms. Although women are 30 times ...

Invasive methods unnecessary for prostate cancer radiation therapy treatment planning

... of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. Retrograde urethrography, which involves inserting a catheter into the male urethra to inject contrast, is the standard method used to identify the area of the prostate to be treated with radiation. However, this method is invasive ...

Xceed Molecular Signs University of Florida to Strategic Collaborator Program; Focus on Developing New Molecular Test to Diagnose Early-Stage Bladder Cancer

... cancer is diagnosed and monitored with cystoscopy -- an invasive, uncomfortable, and costly procedure in which a scope is inserted through the urethra to visualize the bladder. Suspicious areas are biopsied and sent to the pathology lab. The skill of the doctor performing the procedure is of ...

Most patients who have male-to-female sex-change surgery are happy, despite complications

... visit, seven per cent were unhappy and five per cent made no comment. All the patients studied had had their penis surgically removed, their urethra repositioned and female labia constructed. 93 per cent had a clitoris constructed using a section of the glans of their penis and 91 per cent had a ...

FDA Approves LEVAQUIN(R) Short-Course Therapy for Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections and Acute Pyelonephritis

... year, urinary tract infections account for more than eight million physician visits in the U.S. They occur in the kidneys, ureters, bladder or the urethra and often are recurrent, resulting in treatment with several courses of antibiotics. Complicated UTIs occur nearly as frequently in men as in women ...

New male sling procedure helps prostate cancer survivors who suffer from urinary incontinence

... sling, involves passage of a thin strip of mesh between pinpoint incisions on the inner thighs, which is then passed deep beneath the bottom of the urethra to increase support in precisely the area where the tissues are weakened. This additional flow resistance prevents the leakage of urine when ...

Sling Surgery Better Than Burch for Treating Stress Incontinence in Women

... with a sling made from the patient's own tissue and placed around the urethra for additional support were dry, compared to women with a Burch ... surgery designed to provide additional support to the bladder neck and urethra during increases in abdominal pressure that occur with these kinds of ...

Painkillers may Reduce the Risk Enlarged Prostate

... is a gland found between the bladder (where urine is stored) and the urethra (the tube urine passes through). As men age, the prostate gland slowly grows or enlarges. As the prostate gets bigger, it may press on the urethra and cause the flow of urine to be slower and less forceful. ...

Using Stem Cells To Treat Incontinence In Women

... affects nearly 15 million people worldwide. Problems with a patient's urethra causes urine leakage from exercising, coughing, sneezing, laughing, or ... 50 million new muscle cells, and then injecting them into the patient's urethra wall. Researchers tested 20 women with stress incontinence. One year after ...

Impotence and Incontinence Greatly Reduced With New Prostate Cancer Treatment

... is therefore directed over the entire prostate area. This makes it virtually impossible to avoid penetrating healthy tissue, including the sensitive urethra running through the middle of the prostate, and the neurovascular bundles (on either side at the base of the prostate) that control penile function. ...

New Symptom-free STD on the Rise in US and Australia

... researchers say . The new infection is named Mycoplasma genitalium and was first identified in the 1980s. It can cause inflammation of the urethra (the urinary passage from the bladder), in men, and inflammation of the cervix and the lining of the uterus in women, possibly leading to ....

Severe Complications of Circumcision: An Analysis of 48 Cases

... not a hypospadias type repair. Partial glans amputations were patched only with buccal mucosa. There was one patient with a completely open distal urethra that appeared to be more of a megameatus in my interpretation that was repaired by a Mathieu in a tabularized incised plate urethroplasty type ...

Artificial Urethral Sphincters can Help the Elderly

... (in men) or the labia (in women). The pump is activated by squeezing or pressing a button. The fluid in the cuff empties into the reservoir, the urethra opens, and the bladder empties. Fluid from the reservoir returns to the cuff, which again closes the urethra. Possible complications include ...

Delhi Hospital Reattaches Amputated Penis

... now and hope to have a normal life in a couple of hours," said the patient requesting anonymity. Doctors said the "arteries, veins, nerves, urethra and erectile tissues were identified and dissected in the amputated part and marked with very fine sutures". The blood vessels were very small ...

Shrinking bladder with age is a thing of past

... and detrusor contraction strength from 95 females of ages 22 to 90. The results were that what happens is that functionality of the bladder and the urethra decreases but the size of the bladder does not change. Women with age experience less bladder sensations. For women who experience increased ...

Indian Doctor granted US patent on organ regeneration

... A few weeks ago the American patent office granted him a patent on this technique. Dr. Matapurkar was able to regenerate organs like the uterus, urethra and ureter in animals and experiments are on to regenerate organs like kidneys and parts of the intestine. Certain large tendons in humans have also ...