Incontinence in Medical Technology

Patient Enrollment in Urgent(R) PC SUmiT Clinical Trial Completed Ahead of Schedule

... bladder (OAB) symptoms of urinary urgency, urge incontinence and frequency of urinary voids. A total of 214 ... will evaluate reductions in urinary urgency, urge incontinence and frequency of urinary voids, as well as ... of urinary urgency, urinary frequency and urge incontinence - symptoms often associated with overactive ...

Uroplasty Highlights Results From Clinical Study on Macroplastique(R) for the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence

... about one fourth had previous failed urinary incontinence surgery, and over 50% had hysterectomies. ... had improved 1 Stamey grade (a measure of incontinence improvement) compared to 48% of control patients. ... for Macroplastique patients, in Urinary incontinence Quality of Life Scores (I-QOL), was 28.7 compared ...

Uroplasty Enrolls First Patients in Urgent(R) PC Clinical Trial

... bladder (OAB) symptoms of urinary urgency, urge incontinence and frequency of urinary voids. The study is ... will evaluate reductions in urinary urgency, urge incontinence and frequency of urinary voids, as well as ... of urinary urgency, urinary frequency and urge incontinence -- symptoms often associated with overactive ...

New Study Offers More Than a Decade of Evidence for Minimally-Invasive Surgery to Treat Female Incontinence

... of stress urinary incontinence in women. SOMERVILLE, N.J., Sept. 8 ... tape (TVT) as a treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. Researchers followed women ... Retropubic System Tension-free Support for incontinence and found that after 11 years, 90% were ...

New Study Reports That Physical Therapy Treatment Resolves Symptoms of Urinary Incontinence in Women

... training, resolved the symptoms of urinary incontinence in women. According to the American Physical ... training and bladder training resolved urinary incontinence in women, as compared to drug therapy, ... therapists are crucial in treating urinary incontinence because of their role in both assessing and ...

Watson Announces Positive Results From Its Pivotal Study of Oxybutynin Topical Gel for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder

... patient urinary diary and included a reduction in incontinence episodes and urinary frequency, and an increase ... multiple validated instruments including the incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ) and the King's Health ... OAB is defined as urgency, with or without urge incontinence and usually includes frequency and ...

Tengion Launches Third Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Regenerated Human Bladder

... Enrolling Patients with Urge incontinence Who Have Failed Alternative ... of incontinence. Many patients with severe urge incontinence lose their ability to work or engage in normal ... 2 clinical trial in adults with OAB and urge incontinence is the third Phase 2 trial initiated since ...

New Data Presented on the Renessa(R) Treatment for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

... of the Renessa(R) treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women was presented at the Western ... and a reduction in the frequency and severity of incontinence episodes in the majority of women almost 4 years ... to the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). For more information, please visit ...

Bonnie Blair to Break the Ice About Stress Urinary Incontinence in Milwaukee

... to talk about her experience with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Bonnie is speaking as part of What's ... Dinner will be provided. What is stress urinary incontinence (SUI)? It's the accidental leaking of urine ... INC. For more information about stress urinary incontinence and GYNECARE TVT, visit http://www.gynecare.com ....

Cardium's InnerCool Announces Positive Benefits of Cooling During Robotic-Assisted Prostate Surgery Published in Urology

... radical prostatectomies are performed robotically. Post-Operative incontinence and Erectile Dysfunction Urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction are very common side effects following open or ...

American Oriental Bioengineering to Initiate a Phase One Clinical Trial in the United States of AOBO-001 Oral Capsule

... from traditional Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of urinary incontinence (UI) in the United States. The Company currently manufactures and markets ... to Decision Resources, there were 400-500 million sufferers of urinary incontinence (UI) worldwide in 2007. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Cryo-Cell Announces C'elle(SM) Research and Development Collaboration with Cryopraxis Cryobiology Ltd.

... C'elle(SM) menstrual stem technology (MenSCs) to identify potential future diagnostic and therapeutic uses in endometriosis and stress urinary incontinence in women. Endometriosis is a painful condition that affects approximately five million American women. The condition is caused when the lining ...

New, Published GELNIQUE Data Show Efficacy, Convenience and Excellent Tolerability

... bladder control." Clinical Data The double-blind, placebo-controlled study included 789 men and women with urge-predominant urinary incontinence (UI) from 76 clinics across the U.S. Patients reported a mean 5.4 daily UI episodes and a mean daily urinary frequency of 12.2-12.4. The majority of ...

New International Study Shows Women With Symptomatic Fibroids Delaying Treatment Despite Substantial Burden on Quality of Life

... The technologies are marketed under the GYNECARE family of brands and include treatments for menorrhagia (heavy periods), fibroids, stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. ETHICON Women's Health & Urology is a division of ETHICON, Inc, a Johnson & Johnson company. For more information visit ...

Task Force Says Men Age 75 and Older Should Not Be Screened For Prostate Cancer

... treatment and false-positive results that may lead to anxiety. Complications often result from treating prostate cancer and may include urinary incontinence and impotence. These slow-growing cancers may never have affected a patient's health or well-being had they not been detected by screening. ...

ABC News NIGHTLINE Features HIFU with Sonablate(R) 500 as Non Invasive Treatment Option for Prostate Cancer

... because of the results outside the U.S. that show it to be non-invasive and show a lower risk of long-term hospitalization, and a lower risk of incontinence as well as impotence especially compared to surgery and other treatments available today." USHIFU recognizes that, as the segment mentions, not all ...

European CHMP Issues Positive Opinion on Cymbalta for the Treatment of Generalised Anxiety Disorder

... by Lilly and Quintiles. In Japan, duloxetine will be co-developed and co-marketed by Lilly and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. Duloxetine for stress urinary incontinence is marketed by Lilly under the brand name Yentreve.(R) References (1) Koponen, H., et al. Efficacy of Duloxetine for the Treatment of Generalized ...

Prostate Cancer Treatment Offers Results Without Side Effects

... lowered his PSA, but it jumped to 46 when he stopped it. Mike began researching treatments that would not cause impotence (erectile dysfunction), incontinence (urine leakage) or a host of other side effects. He went on a raw food diet, had his dental amalgams removed and took testosterone blockers, which ...

Diagnostic Center for Disease: Prostate Biopsy Spreads Prostate Cancer Cells

... all men suffer the potential risk for bleeding, scarring, infection or sepsis and needless intrusion that has reportedly resulted in impotency and/or incontinence in some patients. A more important issue that is often not discussed between physician and patient involves the possibility of "needle tracking", the ...

RADIESSE More Effective Than Restylane As Reported In a 60-Patient Clinical Trial

... filler for use in facial aesthetics and vocal fold insufficiency, and Coaptite(R) injectable implant for treating female stress urinary incontinence which is marketed through a partnership with Boston Scientific Corporation. BioForm Medical has licensed U.S. marketing rights to Aethoxysklerol(R) ...

Radiesse Provides Greater Patient Satisfaction Than Either Juvederm or Perlane as Reported in a 205-Patient Clinical Trial Published in the Journal of Dermatologic Surgery

... filler for use in facial aesthetics and vocal fold insufficiency, and Coaptite(R) injectable implant for treating female stress urinary incontinence which is marketed through a partnership with Boston Scientific Corporation. BioForm Medical has licensed U.S. marketing rights to Aethoxysklerol(R) ...

Thomson Scientific Publishes The Ones to Watch - A Quarterly Review of Phase Changes in the Pharmaceutical Pipeline

... is a drug launched in Japan in June 2007 for the treatment of incontinence and pollakiuria (frequent urination) under the name Staybla(R). Urinary incontinence is particularly prevalent in men and usually associated with aging. Where the problem is an overactive bladder, patients may benefit from the M1 and ...

First-of-Its-Kind Study Shows Botox (Botulinum Toxin Type A) Significantly Improves Idiopathic Detrusor Overactivity (IDO) in Patients With Symptoms of Overactive Bladder

... of bladder filling and pressure; urination frequency, urgency urinary incontinence episodes, and urgency (at 4 weeks only); and QoL. All these improvements ... 81% of patients in the BTX-A group were experiencing urgent urinary incontinence daily, but urinary frequency normalized in 57% at 4 weeks, and 36% ...

In New Study, Duloxetine Reduced Non-specific Pain and Emotional Symptoms Associated with Depression

... Lilly and Quintiles. In Japan, duloxetine will be co-developed and co-marketed by Lilly and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. Duloxetine for stress urinary incontinence will be marketed by Lilly under the brand name Yentreve.® Please be advised This release is from the Corporate Headquarters of ...

MediciNova Announces Positive Clinical Results From MN-166 Phase II Multiple Sclerosis Trial

... asthma, multiple sclerosis, status asthmaticus, interstitial cystitis, cancer, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, insomnia, preterm labor, urinary incontinence and thrombotic disorders. For more information on MediciNova, Inc., please visit

Baraclude (entecavir) Therapy Resulted in Undetectable Levels of Hepatitis B Virus in Cohort of Patients Who Re-Started Treatment

... bilirubin elevation (1), inguinal hernia (1), sialoadenitis (1), thrombocytopenic purpura (1), groin pain (1), macular edema (1), urinary incontinence (1) and cholelithiasis (1). Two of these events, hepatitis exacerbation (1) and thrombocytopenia (1), were considered possibly related to treatment ...