Urination in Medical Technology

RAPAFLO(TM) (silodosin) Provides Rapid and Sustained Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Symptom Relief in as Little as Three Days

... is the number one reason patients visit urologists and is characterized by urination problems, including decreased urine flow, more frequent urination and nocturia. Clinical Trial Results The new paper is a pooled ...

Increased Mortality Associated With Nocturia

... physicians should be vigilant about underlying causes of nighttime urination LINTHICUM, Md., April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients ... and use of tranquilizers, hypnotics or diuretics. "Nighttime urination is not necessarily just a matter of getting older. Patients should talk to ...

Freezing Prostate Cancer Does a Man's Body Good

... affects one in six men, usually older men. As men age, the prostate may get bigger and block the urethra or bladder. This may cause difficulty in urination or can interfere with sexual function. It is estimated that there are more than 2 million American men currently living with prostate cancer. Older ...

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

... fibroids may experience debilitating symptoms such as abnormal bleeding, pain, pressure in the pelvic region, painful intercourse, frequent urination or infertility. The CHASM (Cross-Sectional Survey of HRQoL And Symptoms of Myoma) study was sponsored by ETHICON and designed to quantify the ...

Light Sciences Oncology Begins Clinical Trials of Litx Therapy in Patients with Enlarged Prostate

... in their sixties and as many as 90 percent in their seventies and eighties have some symptoms of BPH, which typically include painful and frequent urination caused by the enlarged prostate's reduction of urine flow through the urethra. Early stage treatment is critical, because severe BPH can cause ...

Preventing Prostate Cancer and BPH: Prostate-Health Expert Available (National Men's Health Week Is June 9-15)

... a significantly lower risk of developing symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, a condition associated with frequent and painful urination that affects nearly all men by age 70. Kristal and colleague found that a high-fat diet increased the risk of BPH by 31 percent, and that ...

DEFLUX(R) Significantly Reduces Urinary Tract Infections in Children With Vesicoureteral Reflux

... abnormal connection between the bladder and ureter. Symptoms of VUR include frequent and recurrent urinary tract infections, infrequent or incomplete urination and urgency and frequency. VUR, which tends to run in families, is classified into five grades - I being the mildest and V being the most severe. If ...

Nymox Announces NX-1207 Data to Be Presented at Upcoming U.S. Urology Meetings

... relating to frequency of problems with urination such as urgency, starting and stopping, ... by age 80. The disorder causes difficulties with urination associated with aging, such as urination at night, urge to void frequently, ...

Nymox Announces Positive Results from Newly Completed Long-term Study of NX-1207 for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

... urinary stream; 6) need to push or strain during urination; and 7) urination during sleep (nocturia). Published studies of currently approved drugs for ... disorder causes difficulties with urination associated with aging, such as urination at night, urge to void frequently, hesitancy, weak stream, and other ...

Nymox Announces NX-1207 Data to Be Presented at Upcoming U.S. Urology Meetings

... and close to 90% of men by age 80. The disorder causes difficulties with urination associated with aging, such as urination at night, urge to void frequently, hesitancy, weak stream, and other ...

Clinical Data From Nymox BPH Drug To Be Presented at American Urological Association Meeting

... urinary stream; 6) need to push or strain during urination; and 7) urination during sleep (nocturia). Published studies of currently approved drugs for ... disorder causes difficulties with urination associated with aging, such as urination at night, urge to void frequently, hesitancy, weak stream, and other ...

Nymox Reports Completion of New 42 Month Follow-up Study of NX-1207 for BPH

... half of men over age 50 and close to 90% of men by age 80. The disorder causes difficulties with urination associated with aging, such as urination at night, urge to void frequently, hesitancy, weak stream, and other problems. More information about Nymox is available at www.nymox.com, email: ...

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

... by feelings of urgency to urinate, with or without incontinence, and is usually accompanied by increased urination frequency and nocturia (excessive urination at night). A large proportion of OAB patients have what is referred to as idiopathic detrusor overactivity or IDO -- excessive activity of the ...