The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson’s drug delivery system for a type of bladder cancer, offering a potential surgery-free option for patients. The drug release system, branded as Inlexzo, was approved for patients with a type of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer who did not respond to treatment with Bacillus … Read more
There’s a new twist in the fight against bladder cancer — and it’s delivering game-changing results. In a recent clinical trial, a pretzel-shaped device that slowly releases chemotherapy drugs directly into the bladder eliminated tumors in 82% of patients whose cancer had resisted standard treatment. For most, the cancer vanished within three months, and nearly … Read more
University of Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders had actress Karrueche Tran by his side as he underwent surgery to remove his bladder after doctors found a cancerous tumor in May, as seen in footage shared on his son’s YouTube channel. Sanders, who took time away from the team in the spring for an unspecified … Read more
Urine for a breakthrough — in a true medical milestone, UCLA surgeons completed the world’s first in-human bladder transplant. Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant surgeon and director of the UCLA Vascularized Composite Bladder Allograft Transplant Program, led the stream team — providing relief to one lucky patient who had been struggling for years after … Read more
A woman hasn’t had a pee for six years after she was struck with a rare medication condition overnight. Anna Gray, 27, spent three months in agony before she was finally diagnosed with Fowler’s Syndrome – a rare condition which stops the bladder emptying. Anna first noticed symptoms in November 2018 when she ended up … Read more
A tiny parasite may be wreaking havoc below the belt — even long after it’s gone. A new study found that an “often-overlooked” parasitic infection, already linked to bladder cancer, could also trigger cancer-related gene activity in the cervical lining. Even more troubling, the genetic changes appear to intensify after treatment, a red flag that … Read more
They say that maintaining a healthy diet, getting lots of sleep and practicing breathing exercises can all make giving birth go a little smoother. And while that may be good advice, Alissa Mosca, 33, a USA Weightlifting coach and a Planet Fitness trainer who is six months pregnant with her first child, says there are plenty of … Read more
Trust her, she used to play a doctor. Katherine Heigl poked fun at her “Grey’s Anatomy” days in a new ad for bladder leak products. The “Firefly Lane” actress, 46, plays herself in the 60-second spot that dropped Monday for the brand Poise, which makes women’s incontinence products. Katherine Heigl in her new commercial for … Read more
Australian mom Renee Brown was just 39 when she had surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes from her pelvis. Then, she underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy as part of her cervical cancer battle. After the treatments, she faced a new challenge — urinary incontinence. “It was often far more than a dribble, and it was … Read more
A UK mom is mourning the death of her 26-year-old son, who was so addicted to ketamine that his bladder shrank to the size of a marble. “This drug is a killer,” 47-year-old Clare Rogers, mother of the late Rian Rogers, told the Times Of London. “It is taking bladders from young children.” Ketamine is … Read more
This redefined getting stoned. Doctors in India were flabbergasted after extracting 382 stones from the gall bladder of a woman who’d been complaining of back pain for months. The patient, named Yashoda Bai, from Harraiya village, Vijayraghavgarh, first realized something was awry after experiencing severe pain in her back, Jam Press reported. She’d also been … Read more
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any advertisers on this site. Always on the lookout for a bathroom? Bladder leakage can interfere with your well-being, and people — especially women — are more likely to experience it with age. Just 3 percent of women under 35 experience incontinence, compared with 38 to 70 percent … Read more