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Preventing Urethral Trauma from Inadvertent Inflation of Catheter Balloon in the Urethra During Catheterisation: Evaluation of a Novel Safety Syringe after Correlating Trauma with Urethral Distension and Catheter Balloon Pressure

Urethral catheterisation is a routine task that is frequently performed within a healthcare setting. Urethral injury typically occurs in men when the catheter’s anchoring balloon is inadvertently inflated inside the urethra.

Psychological Distress in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Urological Cancer: A Single-Centre Cross-Sectional Study

There has been increasing interest in the literature on the disease-specific psychological wellbeing of patients with cancer, and it has been estimated…

New Hope in Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer

MIR506, a small microRNA molecule, could be the key to new treatments to suppress deadly and aggressive pancreatic cancer, a new study has found. Through…

Discovery of New Role of the Lungs in Blood Formation

VIDEO microscopy of a living mouse lung has led to the surprising discovery that platelets are formed in the lungs as well as in the bone marrow. The…

Vaginal Bacterium Linked to Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

RECURRENT urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women have been suggested to be triggered when the bladder is exposed to common vaginal bacterium…

Fingerprinting Tool Improves HIV Vaccine Potential

A NEW technique for fingerprinting the shield of sugar molecules, called glycans, that surrounds the glycoprotein envelope of the HIV virus has been…

Manejo de la Enfermedad Hemorroidal

Este seminario especializado financiado mediante una contribución independiente realizada por OM/Vifor Pharma reunió a facultativos especializados en…

Haemorrhoidal Disease Management

The scale of HD is difficult to quantify due to patient misconceptions regarding anal health and poor practice both by physicians and the healthcare…

Could Diabetic Retinopathy be Prevented by Secretogranin III Inhibitors?

VASCULAR changes in diabetic patients can lead to long-term complications including diabetic retinopathy. Researchers from the Bascom Palmer Eye…

Eosinophils: A Potential New Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

EOSINOPHILS, a specific type of immune cell, may present as a new target for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity-related hypertension…