Urinary incontinence represents a serious social, medical and economic problem, which suffers progressive increase, due to the increase in life expectancy that health cultural advances have achieved. It is estimated world there are approximately two hundred million people urinary with great impact of importance can exceed coverage forecasts different systems care services. Our group from Depart...

Paruresis is a condition characterized by difficulty or inability to urinate in situations where others are present, or may soon be present. Despite knowledge that paruresis can significantly impact on occupational functioning, social functioning, and quality of life, there exists a paucity of research into effective treatments. Although cognitive conceptualizations have been advanced for other...

The production of disposable diapers is rising due to an increase in number elderly people who require nursing care. When providing diaper care, it difficult know remotely the time urination and amount urine absorbed by a diaper. Hence, remote sensor system that automatically records being developed. In this study, digital capacitive was developed estimate absorption. Preliminary phantom experi...

Many urological studies rely on models of animals, such as rats and pigs, but their relation to the human urinary system is poorly understood. Here, we elucidate the hydrodynamics of urination across five orders of magnitude in body mass. Using high-speed videography and flow-rate measurement obtained at Zoo Atlanta, we discover that all mammals above 3 kg in weight empty their bladders over ne...

Nondipping, ie, failure to reduce blood pressure by >/=10% during the night, is considered an important prognostic variable of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. However, some people wake up at night to urinate. Usually, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring-derived blood pressure includes these rises in the nighttime blood pressure mean. We identified 97 subjects undergoing 2...

Spontaneous discharge of fluid from the urethral meatus, usually most noticeable after holding urine overnight and often accompanied by burning discomfort during urination (dysuria), strongly indicates a sexually acquired urethral infection. Symptomatic gonorrhoea usually develops within a few days of exposure. Chlamydial infections take slightly longer. Mild infections may cause urethral disco...

Background: Chemotherapy is an alternative anticancer therapy. In general, side effects that will occur are hair loss, decreased appetite, weight headache, fatigue, mouth ulcer, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, constipation, nosebleed, skin rash, painful urination, muscle pain, heartburn.Objective: To identify the most least chemotherapy in patients with prostate cancer, bladder testicular cancer...

BACKGROUND Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a major cause of permanent neurological disabilities in full-term newborns. We measured activin A in urine collected immediately after birth in asphyxiated full-term newborns, and assessed the ability of the measurements to predict the occurrence of perinatal encephalopathy. METHODS We studied 30 infants with perinatal asphyxia and 30 health...