A hospital trust aims to cut the number of bladder cancer patients requiring surgery, thanks to a laser device. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is using the transurethral laser ablation (TULA ...

Bladder cancer is diagnosed by cystoscopy, a procedure in which the urologist passes a lighted telescope through the ... and an X-ray exam of your urinary tract. Alternatively, a CT scan may be ...

Bladder Botox is an office-based procedure that involves inserting a tiny camera with a needle the size of a hair follicle through the numbed urethra, a tube that connects to the bladder.

These procedures soon became standard for most cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia and superficial bladder tumors. 6 Nowadays, a wide variety of urinary tract disorders are successfully treated ...

The kidneys produce urine and this helps maintain water balance. The urine is taken from the kidneys to the bladder by the ureters. The bladder stores the urine until it is convenient to expel it ...

Venous closure devices, GLP1-s linked to blindness and cancer, resisting the urge to do an ECG, and transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) for secondary mitral regurgitation are the topics ...

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection of any part of the urinary tract, including the urethra, kidneys, ureters, and bladder ... such as an ultrasound scan or cystoscopy, to determine ...

Researchers showed that pre-treatment imaging using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was effective at guiding radiotherapy towards tumours in the bladder. Taking regular MRI scans of a tumour’s ...

A mum-to-be says her unborn baby "saved her life" when her first scan revealed she had early stage bladder cancer ... she was told she would undergo a procedure with a camera to have a closer ...

The exact causes of overactive bladder (OAB) are unclear. However, risk factors for OAB include having an enlarged prostate, obesity, older age, smoking, and more. The bladder is an organ that ...

A Suffolk woman who discovered she had bladder cancer during an ultrasound scan to find out the sex of her first baby is set to tackle a half marathon next month raising funds for Cancer Research UK.