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UroLift Met all Pivotal Study Endpoints in L.I.F.T. Multi-Center, Randomized Controlled Study. The L.I.F.T. Study Demonstrates Patients Attained Rapid and Significant Symptom Relief, Improved Urinary Flow Rates, Preserved Sexual Function and that UroLift is Well Tolerated Under Local Anesthesia PLEASANTON, Calif., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NeoTract, Inc., today announced the successful results of the 206-patient L.I.F.T. IDE Study, a multi-center, randomized, blinded study in...

Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI), the involuntary loss of urine with cough or sneeze or any increase in intra-abdominal pressure, is a condition that many women deal with after childbirth and as they become older. When pelvic floor exercises fail to improve the problem, the surgical specialists at Women’s Excellence in Bladder Control can perform a minimally invasive suburethral sling procedure to help stop the leakage of urine. Pontiac, MI (PRWEB) January 30, 2013 Stress Urinary...

BILLERICA, Mass., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SRS Medical announces the acquisition of The Spanner Temporary Prostatic Stent from AbbeyMoor Medical of Parkers Prairie, MN. The Spanner is FDA cleared, CE-marked, has a dedicated CPT code and is protected by patents worldwide. SRS is manufacturing The Spanner in the United States and distributing it worldwide through a hybrid distribution model of employed and brokerage representation. "The Spanner is a synergistic addition to our...

The first study using cultivation independent sequencing of the microorganisms in the adolescent male urinary tract has revealed that the composition of microbial communities colonizing the penis in young men depends upon their circumcision status and patterns of sexual activity. This study, published Friday in the online journal PLoS One, is the first by Indiana University researchers working with a four-year, $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Human Microbiome...

A pediatric urologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center who pioneered a surgical technique for repairing a common birth defect in boys reports the procedure is singularly effective in correcting the problem with few complications.Hypospadias, the second most common birth defect in boys, causes the opening of the urethra to be misplaced on the penis. If not corrected properly, the malady can lead to urinary tract infections and difficulty with urination and normal sexual activity.Dr. Warren...

Researchers at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues reported today on a new advance in tissue engineering. The team is the first in the world to use patients' own cells to build tailor-made urinary tubes and successfully replace damaged tissue.In an article published Online First by The Lancet, the research team reports replacing damaged segments of urinary tubes (urethras) in five boys. Tests to measure urine flow and tube...

According to Dr. Joel Gelman, an internationally recognized expert in urethral stricture disease and Director of the Center for Reconstructive Urology at UC, Irvine Medical Center, urethral strictures can now be cured with up to a 98+% success rate with urethral reconstruction, including novel techniques recently reported at the 2010 American Urological Association Western Section Meeting. However, Dr. Gelman noted that men with urethral strictures continue to be advised to have their...

BELLEVILLE, ON, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, has noted substantial share trading volume and share price increase over recent days. Management believes that this market activity is driven by expectation of a disclosure concerning its U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Phase III Fast Track clinical trial with Urocidin(TM) a product for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer...

A new imaging agent used during standard imaging procedures may help physicians spot bladder cancer in its earlier stages, said a bladder oncologist from Baylor College of Medicine.This is significant because bladder cancer clinicians and researchers say early detection of bladder cancer is key to survival."The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved (June 2010) a new imaging agent that can be used during a cystoscopy to help clinicians spot bladder cancer in an earlier...

By Annie Freeda Cruez MOST irritating. Annoying, to say the least, for it comes in dribs and drabs. This is the lot of men suffering from enlarged prostate, writes ANNIE FREEDA CRUEZ. It is called the "old man's disease" for it's rare in men below the age of 40. Generally, about half the men in their 60s have the symptoms, which worsen with age. The incidence of enlarged prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in Malaysia is of concern, says Dr Rohan Malek, head of the Urology...