STAT

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Biotech's brash entrepreneur finally finds drug-development success with a drug for overactive bladder.

that's life

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Q I have a painful bunion on my foot. Can you advise me on how I can get rid of it without surgery? A I’m afraid the simple answer is, you can’t. Once formed, a bunion can only be cured by an operation. You can, however, ease symptoms with gel pads

CosBeauty Magazine

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Urinary incontinence is defined by the International Continence Society (ICS) as an involuntary loss of urine that is objectively shown as a social and hygienic problem. Stress, urge and mixed (stress and urge incontinence combined) incontinence acco

Mindful

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One in five Philadelphia residents suffers food insecurity. The Community Fridge Project, started in July 2020, installs fridges outdoors, restocked daily with nourishing goodness. The joint effort run by women of color serves neighborhoods where pro

WellBeing

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KAREN BRIDGMANis a holistic practitioner at Australian Biologics, Sydney, and Pymble Grove Health Centre, Gordon. Urinary incontinence, or an overactive bladder, is an ancient problem (it was described — and treatments offered — in the Ebers Papyrus

Futurity

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A soft, implantable device can detect over-activity in the bladder and then use light from tiny, biointegrated LEDs to tamp down the urge to urinate. The device works in laboratory rats and could one day help people who suffer incontinence bypass the

Woman's Weekly

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A There are different types of urinary incontinence. Stress incontinence – when coughing, sneezing, laughing or exercising – is the most common, especially in women who have had difficult deliveries. Urge incontinence or ‘overactive bladder’ is where

Woman's Weekly

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A The question is whether, undistracted, you’re just noticing the need to pee, or if there is a serious cause. Do you wake at night, pass blood or have pain on peeing? If so, you may have a bladder infection. Get a urine sample tested at your surgery

WHO

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There’s probably not a health subject less sexy than urinary incontinence, but one in three women will experience it, according to new research by women’s products company Always Discreet. “We broadly divide bladder leakage into two types: stress inc

Woman's Day Magazine NZ

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Recent research by adult incontinence brand Always Discreet found one in three Australian women have experienced bladder leakage, yet 41 per cent have never confided in anyone about it. Find out why it happens and how you can manage it. Dr Ginni Man

Top Sante

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FIRSTLY, LET ME SAY this: incontinence is not a ‘natural’ part of ageing, it is not something you have to live with; you do not have to accept wearing a pad in case of leaks as part of your life. Go and speak to your doctor. There are treatments that

Better Nutrition

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It’s estimated that about 30 percent of men and 40 percent of women experience overactive bladder. It isn’t a disease but a set of symptoms: the feeling that you’ve “gotta go” urgently and too often. Luckily, cranberry supplements can help. A study p

Essentials South Africa

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Do you dread coughing, laughing or sneezing because you might wet yourself? Well, it may be little comfort but you’re certainly not alone. ‘Around 30% of women experience some form of bladder weakness,’ says Elaine Miller, a pelvic-health physiothera

Good Housekeeping South Africa

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Many people think of spring, with its blossoming trees and flowers, as the worst season for allergies. But they can be just as bad or worse for some sufferers when the weather cools because of weed pollen and mould, says allergist Dr Edith Schussler.

Woman's Day

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Recent research by adult incontinence brand Always Discreet found one in three Australian women have experienced bladder leakage, yet 41 per cent have never confided in anyone about it. Find out why it happens and how you can manage it. Dr Ginni Man

Her World Singapore

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If you want the kind of doll-like face K-stars all seem to have, you have two options: plastic surgery or Korean face-shaping treatments. One is expensive, with downtime. The other hurts a hella lot. Now there’s a third option – Japanese Small Face T

Pets Magazine

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Typically, the signs of a urinary tract infection include frequent urination but in small amounts; sometimes straining to urinate; and/or urinating with blood. As there was no blood in her urine and this is the first time she’s wet her bed to this ex

What Doctors Don't Tell You Australia/NZ

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For over 30 years, the What Doctors Don’t Tell You team has reported on cutting-edge holistic practitioners of every persuasion who are curing the so-called ‘incurable.’ A few years ago we had a big idea: what if we gathered these pioneers together i

TV Soap

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Highly esteemed and beloved by the locals, Terence endured a traumatic past before coming to the Valley, and during his time in town, he found love and married fellow doctor Alex Fraser and later Matron Rosemary Prior. The local Police Sergeant, Fr

Better Nutrition

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Researchers in Thailand tested a collagen supplement in postmenopausal women to see if it improved skin elasticity. In a group of 36 women, half took 5 grams daily of a fish collagen supplement for 4 weeks, while the other half took a placebo, and te

NZ Hot Rod

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BORN in Akaroa, Ruth Howard completed nursing training in Wanganui, and that’s the town where she met life partner Chris Spook Howard. They were married in 1970 and joined Wanganui Rod Rodders club, where Ruth supported Spook in his role as0 secretar

STAT

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Another effort by Vital Therapies to transform plastic tubes into a lifesaving artificial liver ended in disappointment.

You South Africa

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HEN she closes her W eyes she can still see her son, grinning as he played with other kids on the jumping castle that was set up in her garden. Back in January 2016, as Marsha Trumpelmann watched Reece enjoying himself at the birthday party she was h

Healthy Food Guide

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New studies have shown that people who walk at a moderately fast pace enjoy a 20 per cent increase in life expectancy compared with walking at a slow pace. But when you step it up to a fast pace, that rises to an even more impressive 24 per cent! And

You South Africa

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SHE was born at 25 weeks, barely a week after newborns are deemed viable, and weighed no more than a can of cooldrink – just 440g. For months little Ruaché Botha’s parents watched as doctors and nurses scrambled to bring her back from the brink – her

Pick Me Up Special

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A smart toilet capable of detecting early warning signs of cancer and other serious diseases has been developed. Researchers at Stanford University have built the device using an upward-facing camera, test strips and artificial intelligence to analys

Woman's Day

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A staple in Eastern medicine for many years, reishi mushrooms are said to enhance the immune system, improve sleep and relaxation and may have anti-cancer properties. They can be consumed in powder or liquid form. You can try adding 2ml of the Reishi

Better Nutrition

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If you’re discovering wet spots on bedding and puddles in all the wrong places, it’s a warning that your pet may be experiencing urinary tract and/or bladder trouble. UT/bladder disorders range from infection to incontinence, and can be quite painful

Farmer's Weekly

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Household income is currently under severe pressure in South Africa, and not everyone has the luxury of even a basic medical aid. But despite this, a hospital plan should still be considered, if at all possible. A hospital plan can make all the diffe

Sunday Independent

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A GROUP of South African car-part makers have switched focus to the local production of breathing aids, a move to help the country’s health system and protect jobs threatened by the Covid-19 crisis. Shocked by images of virus-ravaged Italian hospital