Individualized physical therapy reduces incontinence, pain in men after prostate surgery

byUT Southwestern Medical CenterDr. Kelly Scott. Credit: UT Southwestern Medical CenterFor decades, therapy to strengthen pelvic muscles has been the standard treatment for men dealing with urin

Updated on: December 20,2023 12

Individualized physical therapy reduces incontinence, pain in men after prostate surgery

byUT Southwestern Medical CenterDr. Kelly Scott. Credit: UT Southwestern Medical CenterFor decades, therapy to strengthen pelvic muscles has been the standard treatment for men dealing with urin

Updated on:December 20,2023 12

New study sheds light on the connection between the microbiome and kidney stones

byLawson Health Research InstituteCompositional analysis of urine and stone microbiota. A PCA was performed on CLR-transformed Aitchison distances of all urine and stone samples. Each colored po

Updated on: December 28,2023 19

New study sheds light on the connection between the microbiome and kidney stones

byLawson Health Research InstituteCompositional analysis of urine and stone microbiota. A PCA was performed on CLR-transformed Aitchison distances of all urine and stone samples. Each colored po

Updated on:December 28,2023 19

Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: What Is the Relationship?

ByJames Myhre & Dennis Sifris, MDPublished on November 08, 2022Medically reviewed byKashif J. Piracha, MDDiabetesandchronic kidney disease (CKD)are common

Updated on: December 24,2023 22

Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: What Is the Relationship?

ByJames Myhre & Dennis Sifris, MDPublished on November 08, 2022Medically reviewed byKashif J. Piracha, MDDiabetesandchronic kidney disease (CKD)are common

Updated on:December 24,2023 22

To pee or not to pee? That is a question for the bladder — and the brain

Updated on: October 23,2024 0

To pee or not to pee? That is a question for the bladder — and the brain

Updated on:October 23,2024 0

Most accurate test to date developed to measure biological aging

byUniversity of GlasgowCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA team of European researchers has developed a new test that can accurately measure biological aging in a clinical setting. The discovery

Updated on: January 06,2024 19

Most accurate test to date developed to measure biological aging

byUniversity of GlasgowCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA team of European researchers has developed a new test that can accurately measure biological aging in a clinical setting. The discovery

Updated on:January 06,2024 19

High-volume surgeons no better at reducing postoperative incontinence

byUniversity of GothenburgBar plot of urinary incontinence one year after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for individual surgeon according to the primary definition of urinary leakage. Inco

Updated on: December 20,2023 10

High-volume surgeons no better at reducing postoperative incontinence

byUniversity of GothenburgBar plot of urinary incontinence one year after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for individual surgeon according to the primary definition of urinary leakage. Inco

Updated on:December 20,2023 10

In a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time ever, a solid humanized organ has been grown from scratch in an animal — a first step in a process t

Updated on: October 12,2023 204

In a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time ever, a solid humanized organ has been grown from scratch in an animal — a first step in a process t

Updated on:October 12,2023 204

Point-of-care kidney disease testing via quantitative urinalysis with commercial reagent strips

by Flinders UniversityThe prototype device includes a plate holder with four white LEDs and four reference points, a calibration plate and a test plate with reference color blocks and a test pad

Updated on: March 20,2024 15

Point-of-care kidney disease testing via quantitative urinalysis with commercial reagent strips

by Flinders UniversityThe prototype device includes a plate holder with four white LEDs and four reference points, a calibration plate and a test plate with reference color blocks and a test pad

Updated on:March 20,2024 15

A new drug candidate can shrink kidney cysts

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe cysts that appear in ADPKD cause kidneys to enlarge until they no longer function properly (center image). At the right is a kidney follo

Updated on: June 11,2024 6

A new drug candidate can shrink kidney cysts

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe cysts that appear in ADPKD cause kidneys to enlarge until they no longer function properly (center image). At the right is a kidney follo

Updated on:June 11,2024 6

iPSC-derived kidney organoids to model a lifelong renal disease

byKyoto UniversityPatient iPSC-derived kidney organoids become vascularized and recapitulate AS phenotypes after transplantation in vivo. a Immunostaining images of glomerulus-like structures in

Updated on: January 06,2024 17

iPSC-derived kidney organoids to model a lifelong renal disease

byKyoto UniversityPatient iPSC-derived kidney organoids become vascularized and recapitulate AS phenotypes after transplantation in vivo. a Immunostaining images of glomerulus-like structures in

Updated on:January 06,2024 17

Genetic analysis sheds light on the role of IFT140 in polycystic kidney disease

byTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityThrough a comprehensive genetic analysis of patients with PKD but no family history of the disease, researchers found that a mutation in theIFT140&nbsp

Updated on: September 14,2024 0

Genetic analysis sheds light on the role of IFT140 in polycystic kidney disease

byTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityThrough a comprehensive genetic analysis of patients with PKD but no family history of the disease, researchers found that a mutation in theIFT140&nbsp

Updated on:September 14,2024 0

No improvement noted in Black-white kidney transplant rate ratios

by Elana GotkineFor patients with kidney failure, there appears to be no substantial improvement over time in the observed or adjusted Black-white mean living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) rate ratio

Updated on: December 26,2023 14

No improvement noted in Black-white kidney transplant rate ratios

by Elana GotkineFor patients with kidney failure, there appears to be no substantial improvement over time in the observed or adjusted Black-white mean living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) rate ratio

Updated on:December 26,2023 14