SUNDAY, May 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Men and women can experience a variety of issues related to problems in what’s called the pelvic floor, the network of muscles and ligaments around the pelvis. Fortunately, strengthening therapy can get these problems under control. A urologist from Baylor College of MedicineContinue Reading

THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Men suffering from an enlarged prostate can receive long-term relief from a minimally invasive procedure that partially blocks blood flow to the gland, new research reports. The procedure, called prostate artery embolization (PAE), dramatically improved urinary symptoms in patients without having any effectContinue Reading

TUESDAY, Jan. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Older women with urinary tract infections (UTIs) often experience delirium along with them, and researchers may have found a solution. Estrogen, often given as part of hormone replacement therapy after menopause, may prevent these mental changes, according to researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterContinue Reading

MONDAY, Dec. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients with a high-risk bladder cancer now have a new option to treat it. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a gene therapy called Adstiladrin, which is designed to work for patients who have what’s called high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancerContinue Reading

FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The world desperately needs new antibiotics to fight infection as bacteria become resistant to existing options. GSK has developed a new antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs) that appears to be so effective the pharmaceutical company stopped testing early on the recommendationContinue Reading