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Patients treated with surgical mesh search for resources on living with post-Transvaginal Mesh side effects CONCORD, Calif., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine what it would feel like to have a cheese grater wearing at your tissue every time you moved. For women with transvaginal mesh (TVM) implants this stomach wrenching analogy can hit home all too closely. Complications from the surgical mesh began being reported shortly after it was introduced in the 1990's. With years of data...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The site is a comprehensive resource for vaginal mesh lawsuit compensation, news and a guide for women with vaginal mesh side effects. Watch a series of video interviews with Dr. Vigna interviewing Dr. Michael Hibner, a renowned expert in the field of Urogynecology. Five years after the FDA first warned of risks associated with mesh implant surgery there has been an astronomical increase in reported injury cases. U.S. - More and more...

Recommends Preserving All Surgical Options Including Transvaginal Mesh for Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Adopting Recently Published Credentialing Guidelines WASHINGTON, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS), the leading professional organization dedicated to the treatment of pelvic floor disorders, issued a position statement today strongly opposing restrictions that ban surgical options for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP),...

Men undergo vasectomy procedures during the popular basketball tournament because they have the perfect excuse to be couch potatoes Austin, TX (PRWEB) March 12, 2013 March Madness is around the corner and with that comes brackets, basketball and…vasectomies. It may sound strange, but every year around this time urologists see a surge in vasectomy procedures. Michael Floyd, M.D., a urologist with Urology Austin said he sees a definite increase during the high profile NCAA tournament....

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Uroplasty, Inc. (NASDAQ:UPI), a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products for the treatment of voiding dysfunctions, today announced there will be several presentations on the office-based Urgent PC Neuromodulation System at professional society meetings in February and March 2013. Society for Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU), February 27 -March 2,...

HOUSTON, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday February 16th, Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith, a Houston-area obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) and founder of Complete Women's Care Center, will make her first trip to the West African country of Sierra Leone. Dr. Hardwick-Smith will make the trek in conjunction with the Texas based West Africa Fistula Foundation (WAFF), to help bring an end to the devastating effects of Obstetric Fistula. (Photo:...

Many women suffer from pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and subsequent urinary incontinence and painful sexual intercourse, dyspareunia. Women’s Excellence in Bladder Control offers a variety of minimally invasive solutions to most POP problems. Ortonville, MI (PRWEB) February 13, 2013 Urinary incontinence (UI), the unwanted leakage of urine, and dyspareunia, pain sexual intercourse, are often symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in women. Pelvic organ prolapse is easily identified and...

Collective patient insights influence clinical care and research directions MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To glean fresh insights about how complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) offers new approaches to managing chronic pain conditions like interstitial cystitis (IC), the Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA) conducted the largest ever survey of IC patients in a scientific study. The article that details the research findings, "Interstitial Cystitis...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly one in five women in the United States (U.S.) suffer from overactive bladder (OAB),(I, II) yet 80 percent of women with OAB never seek treatment and more than half believe that there are no effective treatments.(III) As a result, women who suffer from OAB try to manage the condition on their own through coping strategies that include pads, dark clothing, toilet mapping and avoiding social activities outside the home. Research shows...

Largest NIH award for life-long impact of birth-related injuries on common pelvic floor disorders ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A $5.2 million federal grant awarded to the University of Michigan is the largest for research into birth-related pelvic floor injuries and their relationship to pelvic floor disorders like urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. This is the third National Institutes of Health grant for U-M, bringing the total...