An overarching theme of the immune system in the bladder seems to be balancing the need to respond promptly to microbial challenge with the need to rapidly curtail inflammatory responses, as the ...

Neurogenic bladder is a loss of control of the bladder caused by nerve damage. The underlying cause of the nerve damage can be any of a variety of conditions, including spinal injury, diabetes, pelvic ...

Intermittent catheterization is a medical technique used to help empty the bladder. A catheter can be passed through the urethra or through a surgical channel in the skin to the bladder, after which ...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a significant health-care crisis, and over 70% of diabetic men have ED. 1, 2 Diabetic men have significantly worse sexual function than men without DM. 1 Diabetes induces ...

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 13)-Five years after surgery for prostate cancer, African-American men reported better sexual and urinary function than non-Latino white men-yet they were also more dissatisfied with ...

In this analysis of patients with myeloperoxidase-ANCA-positive AAV, all urinary complement C3 fragment levels were elevated significantly compared with healthy controls (P <.01 for all).